Every second counts and we are not in this world to take that for granted.
One day, we were driving towards Church on a Wednesday afternoon. The afternoon was very, very windy. So windy that the van every now and then felt like it was about to be tossed from one side of the freeway to the other. It was pretty scary. We had all four kids in the car, nonchalantly singing their favorite car songs. Then I started thinking, what if... What if we did get into a crash and we died! Were we ready?
Looking towards the back, Elijah was 5, Lichis was 4, Amanda was 2 and little Charis was 6 months. Were we ready to leave this world and possibly have the kids be looked after by someone else? Would they be together? Would they care for them as much as we did? Would they tend to their nutritional, educational and emotional needs as much as we try to? I even turned to Addiel and gave him the scenario and asked him if he was ready.
This made him really think too. It was a profound realization. NO! We were not ready and I also started thinking, "Am I doing everything I possibly can to achieve excellence in the role I was in right NOW?"
Being a mom is not just looking after a couple of kids. Being a wife is not just being married to a man and trying not to get into each other's way. Being a daughter (God's daughter) is not just surviving in this world. God has a purpose for us and we must take the mile and go 2! Matthew 5:41
Be there for your kids so that when they grow up, they can be proud of what they had. So that they can appreciate and want to be even more than what you were for them. Give them tools that they will use not just now but for the future. Give them the advantage! Give them the power to take on the WORLD just as you did when they were little.
A lot of people can't wait for the day to end, for what? For the next day? What is so wrong with today? You might be having a bad day, but what makes you so sure tomorrow wont' be even worse? Change your circumstance and don't let the circumstance change you. Be a leader and show up to the day that God has given you.
You wonder, "when will I have time for myself." Time passes so quickly that soon you will be seeing your home so quiet you won't know what to do with your day. Seize the day now because in 20 years.. you will still have 40+ years to "have time for yourself" and then what, you will wish you had more time with your kids.
Be a responsible role model, be your husband's (wife's) best friend and enjoy each other. Live each day with a purpose and be that role model that your kids can look up to. A boy will look up to his father if he's there. A girl will look up to his mother if she's there.
If your a dual working parent family, is it because you can't afford the bills (expensive car and gas, entertainment center, video games, clothes, cell phone bills, etc.) or is it because you can't afford the time with your kids? Just think about it, what would your kids enjoy the most, the new LCD, HD, 3D, 70inch TV with 900 channels that you don't watch or time with you in the back yard playing jump rope or reading a FREE book at the library? Think about it parents!
Back to the home is what we realized we needed to be and I thanked God right then and there that there was still time.
