Unseen Things

I've had several people ask me how I'm adjusting to staying at home. The long answer to that question, I'll save for another post. The short answer is, "I'm learning a lot." God has spoken to my heart so clearly in these last few weeks. I'm not sure if this clarity is from my slowing in pace or if I'm needing Him more. Maybe a bit of both.

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

~ 2 Cor. 4:18

One particular lesson I'm learning is investing the best of me in the things "unseen." Being home all day, my home should be spotless...our laundry neatly pressed and put away...and a gourmet dinner each night, right?!? I have been battling with these unrealistic expectations (I am putting on myself, by the way...my laid-back husband has no such expectations). When it comes down to it, I want to be super-mom-housewife-of-the-year. I want to be the uber organized mom with a spotless house, the well-mannered kids, and a pot roast in the oven. What I am is the mom with dried spit-up on my shirt, playing play-doh with my half-clothed daughter, while the laundry sits in a laundry basket and dinner is far from planned.

When I ask the question, "Why do I want the spotless, well-mannered life?" The answer is so that other people will think I am a good mom...a good wife. That they would think I have it all together. What a people-pleaser I am!

So 2 Corinthians 4:18 is becoming a mantra for me. How am I investing my day?? Am I on the floor playing with my kids? Am I reading to them? Am I listening to them? Or am I trying to keep them busy so I can get things done? Sure, we need clean clothes to wear and it'd be nice to go to the bathroom without being reminded of a truck-stop...but why am I staying home in the first place?? For the good of my kids...so I can be the one raising and investing in them.

This post spoke to my heart.

God, help me to give the best of me to the things unseen!