Being Thankful...

It can be hard at times to understand how you are glorfying God by doing loads of laundry, vacuuming the floor, playing games with your children, and on certain occasions it being a rarity to even leave the house. However, be assured that you are doing just that when you do it with the correct, godly attitude! When everything you do (yes even the day to day small stuff) is done with a joy and a determination to follow after Christ and to bring God the glory your children will see it, your husband will see it, and you will be changed daily to become thankful for your ability to stay at home and take care of the home. For years, I thought that things would get better for us once we were able to move into a bigger home (we are in a one bedroom at the present time). In the past I have become thankful for the place we have since it is definitely enough for us and it is far more than a lot of people have. However, in the past month I have had a drastic change of heart. I am no longer thankful for this place because of those reasons - I am truly absolutely thankful to God for this house and I am giving God the praise and the glory He deserves in providing it for us! I am now dreading moving to tell you the truth, if and when we do. I have come to cherish the closeness we have and the closeness it is fostering in our two young children. I have come to absolutely love the fact that there is little or no room for anger, resentment, selfishenss, in these small quarters. No one can go into a room and seclude themselves because they are upset with another member of the family. If we are here, we are here together and I love that. It has taught me so many things and I know it is teaching the rest of my family things as well, and now that I have come to be truly thankful for this place I cannot believe I went for so long wanting something different, something more, when God had the entire time provided exactly what we needed and still is and I am honored to stay at home with my children and take care of this place and now perhaps I can make this a refuge for us all the way it was meant to be. The attitude of the mother makes a huge difference in the attitude of her home. Now I long to do it all to God's glory and seek Him out and His will, instead of striving after my own!