One of those days...

Had one of those days where it seemed like every single room in my house was a disaster zone. Being a stay at home mom it is so hard for me to balance the job of taking care of the kids but also taking care of the house. If I am doing the one, I often think about how I should be doing the other.

For some reason, I easily become overwhelmed by the dishes, meals, laundry, cleaning, and every other household chore. I wish I could just let some things go and be ok with it. I mean, I do let things go, I just need to work on the "being ok with it" part.

I was in the habit a little while ago of getting up before the boys and spending some time praying and reading the Word. I have gotten lazy with this recently. :( Today I was determined to spend some time with the Lord. After I put Basil down for his morning nap I put on a video for Oliver. Not a great thing to do, but we do what we need to do. He loves his TV. There were a zillion things I wanted to do, but I made myself sit down and spend some time praying and reading. My mind wasn't all there but I felt it necessary to spend some time being refreshed by the Lord.

Once I was done, I got up and started doing some things around the house immediately feeling overwhelmed again. I kept thinking that I hope the boys nap well so I can get some things done.

Anyway...Basil and Oliver took amazingly long naps this afternoon. The Lord answered my unspoken prayer. I was able to get everything accomplished with time to spare. God is good! he cares about us deeply and knows our small, petty burdens. He promises to take care of us and He does.