This is the time of year I try to be able to be ready to leave the house in less than 15 minutes with all children in tow. With harvest and hay and all that takes place on a farm, I am often called out to run for parts, water the cows, run for livestock feed, or many other jobs that my Hot Guy normally tends too, including grocery runs. Yep, my Hot Guy does the produce and milk grocery runs a lot of the time.
This week has been example of that.
On Monday, had my priorities not been right, I could have given the Hot Guy many reasons why I didn’t have time to run numerous errands in our community for our family:
- Working on Workshop PowerPoints for my TPA Convention Workshops.
- Working on blog post for this blog and A Journey Through Learning
- Garden needing care
- House work
- Packing up what I can for the convention, as next week looks to be quite busy with wheat harvest
- Taking care of children
- Feeling like I need a nap
However, I gathered my littles and we took off, I didn’t get everything in MY plan done, but saved my husband nearly 4 hours of driving around so he could get some of his work done. I ran into road construction that made what is normally a 20 minute drive an hour drive, then to get back to our area, did it again. We delivered grain to our horse who is at the breeders, and the youngest five played with their friend, while we discussed some options. We ran the rest of our errands, with a van that was coughing and sputtering at times. My Hot Guy was notified and I ran by the auto repair place, which figured it was a fuel filter or pump issue. So, we grabbed parts and headed for The Hot Guy’s shop. Thirty minutes later we were back on the road to check cows.
Tuesday, I took three of us to the chiropractor, hunted down food grade 5 gallon buckets, and stopped by our favorite local restaurant to have her pick up a few supplies at the restaurant supply store. We spent most of the rest of the day until 8:15 pm when The Hot Guy called with a mama cat and newborn kitten issue. As the resident “vet”, we ran to tend to it, and saved all of them. Tangled kitten umbilical cords can cause a lot of problems, especially with a new mama. We waited around for tow hours to be sure that everything else was good. Luckily, this is also the time of year, we go to a super simple meal plan.
Being available to help my husband and serve my family with a happy heart would not be so easy if I was so busy and thought my plans were more important.
Allowing God to help plan my days, knowing that I need to have tons of wiggle room each day, helps me to not become that frazzled mom running in circles not knowing what end is up.
My husband is able to trust me to get things done, when he can’t get to them.
Proverbs 31:10
The heart of her husband trusts in her,
And he will have no lack of gain.
This week I have been studying Proverbs 31 and Titus 2 in depth. As I study these verses, and then have requests or see needs that I need to do for my husband, I am remembering that this is how God wants me to be as a wife.
As wives, we can get in the habit of thinking that the home is our territory and we can’t be out serving our husband’s away from it, however in this season of the year around here, I can sometimes serve my husband much better by running those time eating errands, allowing him to work on equipment, help another farmer, or get a little down time.
What ways can you help your husband? Have you asked how you can be his helpmeet away from home?
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Proverbs 31 and Titus 2 have enlightened my mind and I understand that I have to help may husband too. Thanks for sharing.
Hello there
Very informative. Thanks for the great idea!
I really appreciated it very much.
The way you and your husband work together is inspiring. May your workshops be a blessed time! This often makes him want to serve and help us as well..
So true! We can often get lost in our roles within the home and forget that we are our husband’s helpmeet- his helper. It’s good for us to remember to serve hm when we can. This often makes him want to serve and help us as well.
I loved reading about your life and seeing that no matter how busy and unexpected your days get, you just trust it all to God. The way you and your husband work together is inspiring. May your workshops be a blessed time! Have a great Memorial Day weekend.
Love ya’!
Michelle
i just wanted to tell you something funny , i was telling my kids about your family and live in the country , with cows and all the things you’ll do and they ask if we cut go on vacation to work at your house.. we live in the city but i am realizing they have a heart for animals and a farm , so we have being praying about it.
anyway thank you your story’s are always very encouraging