I Do More!

I am so tired of people always asking what I do for a living and when I tell them that I am a stay at home, they always say thats great because that isnt a hard job at all. Well sorry to say YOU ARE WRONG! I feel that my job is harder then theirs. For instince, they may work 8-5 but I work 24/7, someone else may be taking care of their children while they are at work, I take care of mine and I teach my daughter school, their house may be cleaner then mine for the fact that they are not home all day, but I clean minute after minute and so what I have toys on the floor, dishes in the sink and dirty clothes on the floor. If you dont like the way my house looks you do not have to come over, my house looks like I have kids and people living here. I am the women god made me to be, my house is comfortable and welcoming. Io make my house look beautiful in my family's eyes. I dont care what you think!
So I believe being a stay at home mom, is harder and more challenging then a job outside the home. But I would not change my job status at all for anything in the world. I know at the end of the day I got to see my children grow physically and mentally and in the faith! I love my life and the people God has placed in my life! Being a stay at home mom is a rewarding thing.
Oh BTW my kids may not be perfect but let me tell you my kids are raised knowing God is the ultimate healer and they know God is the most important in their life.

Discontent

"I am disgusted with my life. Let me complain freely. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul."--Job 10:1 (NLT)

So this is my devotion for the day and it really go me thinking. It also made me realize things I didnt really want to realize.

So remember Goldilocks from the Three Bears, well she was discontent until the 3rd try, then it was "JUST RIGHT."
Now apply this to your life and ask yourself, how many times have you changed your furniture around in your living room or any other room, how many times have you colored your hair? How many purses are shoved in the back of a closet somewhere? Do you still like the clothes you bought 2 seasons ago??
There are so many things to ask yourself that this list could go on forever but you get what I am trying to say. We are all discontent in someway or another.

Will we ever find the "JUST RIGHT" in our lives? Probably not, but if you have reached the point in your life then that is awesome!

Another thing to ask yourself is...
1) What kind of things do we look for to satisfy the restlessness in our hearts?

A leech(GREED) has two daughters named, "GIMME" and "GIMME MORE."--Proverbs 30:15(MSG)

There are 4 things that will never be satisfied and they are..--Proverbs 30:16
1) Hell
2) A Barren Womb
3)Parched Land
4) Forest Fire


Digging a little deeper
* Ps 145:16
*Proverbs 30:8
*Proverbs 23:4
* Ecclesiastes 5:10

Ponder and Pray
*As you face the week ahead, take time to search your heart for discontentment. Ask the Spirit to bring to light the kinds of dissapointment that allow bitterness and anger to take root. To what have you been turning in order to satisfy the restlessness in your heart? Pray that you, like David, can discover how God's love can satisfy your heart.