Day 201 - Wife and Mother

This photo was taken on Halloween 2010. We had a fabulous get-together with lots of friends, a bon fire in the front yard, and tons of food and laughter.

This is me and my 3 children and my husband...yes, that truly IS my husband in the pink boa.

I was reminded not only by some dear friends but also by the Lord that my mission right now in my life is "wife" and "mother." I need to direct my attention and focus my energies on these important tasks that the Lord has blessed my life with.

Holding together a marriage is no easy undertaking. Even for a Christian couple, there are stressors and struggles that I will need to pray my way through, be an obedient and respectful wife through, and forgive through.

Raising three energetic and emotional girls is no easy task, either! Raising them to love and honor God our Father will take dedication, living through example, and loving unconditionally.

I have struggled with becoming a foster parent for quite some time now. Although I know our home is a good one and any child would be welcomed and blessed...I am uncertain how I find the time to focus on a forsaken, tramatized child. I think it just isn't my time to become a foster parent...although my intentions were noble ones.

Even finding time to take the classes to be certified is an arduous undertaking which will take time away from my biological children...and I'm not even a foster parent yet! So I can only imagine the energy and time taken away from my own children while I love on such a needy child.

I think I will pass on becoming a foster parent at this time...and I pray that I am not letting down my Lord. That would be an awful mistake for me...to let my Savior down.

I will focus on buying healthier groceries, cooking healthier meals, keeping a more organized home, volunteering at my church on Wednesday evenings, volunteering as a "Big" for my "Little" through Big Brothers Big Sisters, and raising my children and being a godly wife.

And if there's still time in my day...I say this tongue in cheek...I will focus on my relationship with my God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

"An unmarried woman is concerned about the Lord's affairs. Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and in spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world and how she can please her husband." 1 Corinthians 7:34