Priorities of a Mom’s Heart

As I sit, silently begging baby to take a nice long nap, I wonder what the rush is? Why?
Why do mom’s want to rush? Rush to the next nap time, bedtime, time away from these gifts God has given us? How do we manage to lose the true Priorities of a Mom’s Heart? Why is I sitting here frustrated that baby isn’t taking a much-needed nap? What is it that is so important that I can’t just cuddle this blessing that God has given us?

Distractions from Priorities

Yes, farm life has kept me super busy, leaving our home in chaos much of the time, but…

Do I seriously not have time to hold and snuggle my baby?

Now, thinking… I don’t just do this with my baby. I get frustrated when my children want me for other things… to watch their endless cartwheels, or to help them make stickers over and over and over…

Is the extra 15 to 20 minutes baby is taking to go to sleep really all that valuable? In 12 months, is it going to make a difference?

Our world is in a crisis..

• ISIS
• Ebola
• Cancer
• Abuse
• and so much more

Families are falling apart. Kids are dying, kids are sick. Kids are losing parents.

My Priorities

An extra 15 minutes to hold my babies each day won’t make a difference in 20 years, except…

My children will know they were in the top 3 of my list…

1. God
2. Husband
3. Kiddos

I have missed blogging deadlines, bills, meetings and more… but I refuse to miss my husband and kiddos.

My house is in chaos more than cleaned up most any time. We have projects and messes lying around. Books are everywhere. Twenty years from now, will it matter?

Yes, because my kiddos were learning and they knew that they came first… that is what will matter.

The bills got paid, the blog is there, not going anywhere. In twenty years, actually likely less, I will be doing it all over again with grandkids.

So, today, I take the time to hold baby those extra minutes he needs. Who am I to say it is a want? Does he need it because he isn’t feeling well? Is our rough night last night a sign he is sick? Is the change of our daily routine with Fall Harvest affecting him?

Priorities through the Holidays

Now with the Thanksgiving and Christmas season upon us, this will only get worse, unless, we consciously work to remember our priorities.

We will make some Thanksgiving goodies. We will plan some Christmas activities. We will set the to do list aside for a few hours each day and focus on what is here, the important things, family, and each other. We will remember why we are thankful. We will remember why we celebrate Christmas. We will enjoy the Christmasy decorations and talk about the symbolization of them.

Priorities Today

Today is where we are, tomorrow may never happen. Take the time to meet needs today, and worry over tomorrow later. The to do list you made, did you ask God about it? What if He hands you an entirely different list? What if His list is holding baby extra long? What if it is taking your children to wish an elderly cousin a happy birthday? What if His list has you staying still all day, etching your children’s play, conversations, , and more into your memory, because tomorrow never comes?

One of our priorities each day needs to be prayer. We need to be teaching our children to pray. Check out this wonderful prayer calendar for December.

Need some reading to help you discover a few more of those important priorities? Check out these ten books for mom.

Priorities in a Mom’s Heart will make a difference for many future generations. Are we too focused on things to remember this? Focused on what?