The Mommy Calling: Bringing Back the R&R...

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Bringing Back the R&R...

During my blog hop I recently came across this wonderful challenge at A Mother's Heritage. I Think this is the perfect extension to my Wife Challenge! The first step to the challenge was, after all, creating an environment my hubby can THRIVE in. The other day I placed a mountainous pile of laundry on our bed. It was all part of trying to create less clutter for him to come home to. I didn't have time to fold it all, but I didn't want to just leave it sitting out, so I moved it out of sight...to our master bedroom. That's when I found myself thinking, "What husband doesn't want to come home to a nice surprise in bed?" Obviously, that was a completely sarcastic thought since there would be absolutely nothing nice (and particularly nothing romantic) about him coming home to a huge pile of laundry taking up our entire bed! Then I began to look around and saw the disaster that is our bedroom. Toys, papers, laundry, every single piece of clutter that I didn't want laying around in the open had been moved into our room...it was pretty much the opposite of everything "Relaxing and Romantic". So I will take on her challenge as a part of mine! I will clear the clutter of our room. I will make it a restful haven. I will create in our room an environment that is worthy of my husband and encouraging to our marriage! Join her, and me, on this journey to create a place of peace, rest, relaxation, and refreshment (and hopefully get a little romance back in the process).

STEP #1...TIDYING UP A LITTLE BIT...

BEFORE
Can't wait to share the new, improved, less embarrassing after!

2 comments:

taschaNovember 14, 2011 at 3:33 PM
i have to say that it is ENCOURAGING to see your mess :) I have joined the bedroom make-over and did take a picture of the before-NOT PRETTY. and little by little i am cleaning and organizing. maybe i'll go ahead and do a little post about the before.
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3_little_arrowsNovember 14, 2011 at 4:17 PM
I have had SO many women tell me how nice it is to see their room is not the only one like this...and that is so encouraging to ME! As moms we always put ourselves last and our messy rooms are just evidence that we put everyone's comfort above our own. I can't wait to post my "after" (and I know my hubby appreciates this challenge as well!) It may take awhile but we'll get there! I can't wait to see your post!
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Proverbs 31:10-12, 25-31

Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies. The heart of her husband safely trusts her; so he will have no lack of gain. She does him good and not evil all the days of her life. Strength and honor are her clothing;she shall rejoice in time to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom, and on her tongue is the law of kindness. She watches over the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: Many daughters have done well, but you excel them all. Charm is deceitful and beauty is fleeting but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Give her the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates.

Titus 2:1-8

Speak the things which are proper for sound doctrine. That the older men be sober, reverent, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience; the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things -- that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands that the word of God may not be blasphemed. Likewise, exort young men to be sober-minded in all things showing yourself to be a pattern of good works; in doctrine showing integrity, reverence, incorruptibility, sound speech that cannot be condemned, that one who is an opponent may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of you.

What did you do today?

Today I was an explorer. I went on adventures to see the wonderful secrets of God's creation. I watched as the birds flew across the sky, listened as the wind blew through the trees, and felt the warmth of the sun upon my face. Today I was a chef preparing gourmet four-course meals the likes of which the finest restaurants have never seen. Today I was a teacher conducting experiments, revealing hidden truths, and watching the amazement of these lessons being learned for the first time. Today I was a student, a doctor, a friend, a performer. Today I was a MOM. And tomorrow I get to do it all over again!

My Hope For You

My hope for you, my fellow mommies, is that you will go throughout your day encouraged by successes, challenged by failures, and thankful for your experiences. That you will learn to thank God in the bad as well as the good, that you will use the powers of the Holy Spirit to become the best you can be, and that you will live your life according to the purpose you were given when you were created in the image of God Himself. May you find encouragement here so you can face the hardships of being a mom, a wife, and an imperfect person trying to live purposefully in an imperfect world, with grace.