This morning I allowed myself the privilege of being lazy. I sat in my pajamas with my daughter as we read and prepared for the Christmas season ahead (we're going to a Christmas bazaar later this morning). Then, while I let my children play, I turned on some beautiful piano music and followed my heart towards Scripture. In the wee hours this morning I had read Sally Clarkson's blog. Oh how thankful I am for women such as her who have inspired me to love and appreciate my privileged life of being a keeper of the home! This morning her words struck me like a bolt of lightning. She writes (and this is excerpted from her first book - and my favorite - "Seasons of a Mother's Heart" www.wholeheart.org):
"If it is God's will for me to homeschool, then He is not asking me to do more than I'm able (1 Cor. 10:13) and He is not withholding from me anything that I truly need (Phil. 4:19). The real problem is that I am not willing to adjust my expectations to life's limitations -- I want more than I can have, ask for more than I need, strive for more than I can do, and expect more than God has promised."
Wow. I know that this rings true in my life. I am learning that contentment rests not in our circumstances, but in daily (hourly!) allowing God to determine our expectations and trusting Him to do it so much better than we ever could.
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