What is More important than God, Your Family and Your Home?

Nothing, Right?

Then how do we get lost in all these other things that tie up our time and take us away from those PRIORITIES?! I wish I knew. Sometimes I find myself stressed, overwhelmed & gripey. The reason - real easy. My priorities are out of whack. Even if it is *just* for that one day — if my priorities get off then my whole day is off and my family (including myself) is *NOT* happy!

Proverbs 31:27 She watches over the affairs of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.

How come I realized MONTHS AGO that one of the *KEYS* to keeping my priorities right was STAYING HOME and then here I am, lately finding myself spent in so many directions because I forgot that already?

OUCH! That stings even reading that back to myself and yet nothing could be more true. When I am *HOME* and not “running the roads” everything- absolutely EVERYTHING- runs sooooo much more smoothly. Because I am HOME watching the affairs of my household!! When I go to bed- I’m tired and it’s that “good tired” as my Nanny would say. That feeling of contentment, you know what I mean, that comes from a day well lived. A day not lost in the shuffle of everything else… so easily I can forget this and find myself with things all out of whack.

What’s the difference in those that create and maintain happy homes and those that do not? I think it’s perserverence …. it’s that picking yourself back up and starting again. No one is perfect or otherwise we would not have a need for JESUS. So with being imperfect comes those days where we lose track of our priorities and find ourselves and our families unhappy and chaotic.

There is something to be said for a woman that continues to try and learn, implement and live out the things she knows to be right. (more precious than rubies!!!) When we find ourselves “out of whack” so to speak all we have to do is start at that VERY MOMENT to fix things. It’s simple. I think the hard part is realizing things are getting out of priority before it happens. All we have to do tho is start again…. and again….and AGAIN if need be.

If you are feeling unhappy and discontent, then it could be that your priorities have gone out of whack. That is what has been wrong with me…. but I had to spend some time unhappy and stressed before I realized it. Then I gave it to God and started “AGAIN!!!!”

The reason I am sharing this is just to help someone else if possible to realize it before you get to the point I have been lately - feeling so discontent. When I am not fulfilling my life the way I should, according to GOD’s word, I am just simply NOT happy. I see it in my children, our home, you name it! If you are feeling unhappy and discontent I am not saying this is your problem but it has been mine and if being open enough to admit that even through embarrassment helps one more person then it is worth being “transparent” enough to share this.

I pray God blesses and fulfills your days so you can go to bed at night feeling that “good tired” and contentment that only comes from HIM and from living MOMENT TO MOMENT for HIM.