Especially as keepers of the home and Mom's we may feel this way. It is rarely true, or we are sick and need a rest. What helps me when I feel this way is to write down what I have accomplished. Even if you're up out of bed, you have moved, build on this.
Often half way through the day, kids are dressed, and have been fed, but the laundry is not done or the dishes stacked up, you HAVE accomplished SOMETHING!
Satan likes to trip us up, God allows us challenging days, what will we do with them? When we trip up, with our kids or husband, when we are lazy or self centered, will we look down, wallow in it or will we look up, get up brush off and continue?
God says all things work together for them who love him and are called according to His purpose, Romans 8:28. He can redeem when we react unkindly by convicting us to apologize, love and be a better example.
As we work in our homes with our little people, we can include them in all we do, when they are tiny, we work and talk to them or put them down for nap, when they eat we eat, when we fold, or toddlers can help, when we vacuum our crawlers can ride on the vacuum.
We can not as wives first, keepers of our homes and parents to children who need to constantly growing towords independence, make those same children our excuse not to get things done. Yes sometimes, we need to put off house work for them but it should not be a standard, children learn patience by having to wait, learn contentment by not having every whim answered immediately.
So as I finish, I need to go accomplish more, yes kids are dressed and fed, a couple times, but boy does my floor need mopping during nap.
Have a great day!
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