Ok, so I will be the first to admit it. I am not as great at this blogging thing as I thought I would be. After all, there are only so many days of me saying: “Wow, my kids are so amazing” that people really want to hear. AND, if I am being totally honest, there are days when we are all just plain boring.
Take, for example, today. I have schooled three children. I have read countless stories, including Mountain Born, the Usborne Encyclopedia, Eagle of the Ninth, Caps for Sale, Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crictor, and Agustus Ceaser's World until I am tired of reading (GASP…..did I just admit that?!) Add to that the four loads of laundry that I have washed, folded, and put away, plus the kitchen that has been recleaned; and you have an ordinary, but somewhat boring day.
Yet, in spite of how ordinary my day has been, I have done exactly what I was supposed to do. My children have been schooled and are relatively happy. Their progress in their school is nothing short of amazing (or at least to this Mama who is really enjoying seeing the wonder of it all on a daily basis! I love the a-ha moments when they finally grasp something that they were really struggling with!) I have a fairly clean house. I have happy, healthy children, I have a content husband who delights in coming home to us, and of which I am most grateful that after almost 14 years he still chooses to come home to us, and I have supper planned. All in all this ordinary, oh-so boring, average day has been perfect.
Guess what, God has delighted in it too! I know He did because of the laughter that I hear in my children’s voices. I know He did because He smiled as we talked about 1 Peter 2:17 and what it means to serve and respect others and then put that in action. I know He did because I know that He loves me for being me: average, ordinary, Mama Bear ME whom He created and knew before He formed this world for this time and this purpose! Does it get any better than that? Really?
So there you have it. Our lives are made up of average, ordinary, oh so boring days. I wouldn’t trade them for anything in the world!
