I rocked yesterday. Like really – I was amazing! I did 3 loads of laundry and swept my house and washed dishes and drew with Peter and dealt with Tim needing to changed 3 times and have a bath cos he spat up everywhere. I packed away all the clothes that Peter had unpacked from my cupboard. I sewed the hole in Tim’s mat. I even had supper cooked and clean clothes put away when Colin came home. See, I rocked yesterday.
I didn’t feel as if I was rocking while it happened though. There were tears and moments of despair and a fair amount of counting the hours till Colin got home and plenty of questioning whether I would kill my toddler. I even planned which mom friends I would phone to be character witnesses for me. I did not feel like rock star mom; I felt like barely holding it together mom.
When Colin was home and the boys were in bed he said ‘tell me about your day’. So I did. His response ‘wow you did a lot today love, I’m so proud of you.’ That wasn’t how I had felt about my day at all. Today I can look back and see yesterday differently. It is all a matter of perspective.
So where do we get our perspective from?
Time. Experience. Distance. Loved ones. Most importantly from God. He is the one who sees all and orchestrates all and is over all. Therefore He is the final judgement on perspective. Go to Him and listen to His voice; see through His eyes; read His words – I loved you so much, I sent my Son to die for you so that you could live forever with me.
Have a blessed Easter and may you have a godly perspective.
Well done for rocking your day, Bex.
You know that you have made many woman jealous because you have a husband who asks you about your day, then he actually listens to you, and then he acknowledges what you did is significant, and he praises you. Colin, you rock!