What's in a day?

As I type, David is busy practicing his accidental wallpaper tear magic trick. He is VERY good at tricks and we are often left open mouthed! David went to the doctor today for a lump on the back of his neck. It has been there for awhile, but has really bugged me lately when I rub his head or cut his hair. Doctor pronounced that his brain is just growing fast and by 18 that lump should fuse with the rest of his skull...We all got a laugh at that! He is almost finished Algebra 1 and school has not always been easy for him. This past year I have repeatedly joked that his brain is getting bigger because he has finally figured out how to put his mind to his work and plow through it. And, plow he has, finishing Pre-Algebra and now at the end of Algebra 1 in just a few months. What does this have to do with my topic of today? I'll tell you.

We have been homeschooling since our first child was born. There have been scads of moments when the day has been given over to seemingly everything BUT actual textbook learning and I have wondered for the zillionth time how it will all come in the end. We are year round schoolers because there have been entire months after a baby or sickness where all we do is pick up the pieces and start again. Much of my day is given to character training and attitude revamps. When I get to looking at the accomplishment level of our home, it can tend to bring a bit of discouragement. I wrote yesterday about working on Scriptures dealing with faith and finding how closely it was intertwined with hope. The Bible says that faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen. My job as a mom is to continually sieze the moment regardless of how it stacks up now, knowing that in the end, God will give the desired results. My ultimate goal has been to raise children who serve God and their fellow man from their hearts. I am seeing the fruit of trusting the Lord daily played out in the lives of my older children, and interestingly enough..they are turning out quite educated. That was never my goal*, but when you put the Lord first and foremost, He has a way of working out the details. (*It is my goal to equip them for whatever God has in store for their future, though)

I started this blog for the sole purpose of encouraging moms like me on their journeys. Today, I am surrounded by dirty dishes, laundry needing washed, dried, folded and put away, school books needing graded, and company coming tomorrow (I am not a last minute performer). My day has been given to a very fussy teething constantly nursing baby, to settling multiple squabbles between the 2 and 4 year old, to organizing lunch, to spending some quality time with my very sore from running with his company, hubby, who came home and rested on the couch for lunch. These moments add up and it will be my attitude that makes the difference in those around me.

What's in a day? Remember to look long term and not at the now in your life. Moments that seem impossible will be memories in the future and how you chose to act in the moment will be remembered. God continually reminds us in His ever gentle way to be full of Him and not of ourselves and to exhibit the Fruit of the spirit.

Back to the daily grind here  :)
Becky