"Do everything without complaining or arguing. Then you will be innocent and without any wrong." Philippians 2:14-15.
We just got back yesterday from a week long vacation to the Outer Banks of NC with 24 people in my family. We had done something similar 2 years ago, and decided to do it again. This time I thought was even better than before. We stayed in a nicer house, my kids were older so I could enjoy myself a little more, and it was really just a wonderful time! But you know how vacations go, you spend time the week before vacation working yourself crazy to prepare to go (at both my out of the home job and in home wife and mom things), then you get back and have a week's worth of things to catch up on (at both my out of the home job and in home job as wife and mom.) It's exhausting and I've only been trying to get back to the swing of things for 1 day! Plus when we left for our vacation we were in school schedule mode, and now school is out so summer mode is upon us immediately! I'm not ready, not prepared! I tried to get a new family summer schedule/routine/system set up tonight for my family and everyone cried and had break downs when I tried to explain it to them. Probably not the best time for me to explain it to them when we're all still tired emotionally and physically from our 10 hour drive back home. I feel behind in everything . . . our finances, my calendar of summer events for the kids, work tasks and responsibilities, home tasks and responsibilities, EVERYTHING! So, you see my temptation to complain?
But then I read that verse in my devotional book sitting on my night stand. Oh how God can get our attention right at the right time, huh? So, I am choosing to focus my thoughts on my blessings, my gifts, and my opportunities instead. Thank you, Lord, for this reminder! And please help me to take ONE THING at a time to catch back up at work and home, and to depend on you each step at a time.
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