Why I Love My "Job"

1. I love watching them dress up and play so creatively

2. I love how they quickly pose for pictures (sometimes eagerly sometimes not so eagerly) - no matter how many times I ask

3. I love seeing their little entrepeneurial desires - along with our next door neighbor, Gabi, they set up a vegetable stand and worked hard at it. They even made signs and held them up for each passing car - such persistance

4. I love how they love going to the thrift store with me and are equally excited with my good finds (isn't this suit adorable!)
5. I love how they try to be serious when I pull out the camera but can't help but break out into a smile

and of course
6. I love how they teach me something new each day about living as God commanded - "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends" John 15:12-13 (ESV)

As a mother and wife God gives me multiple opportunities (daily) to lay down my life for them and show them love. It isn't always easy and it usually means I don't get to do what I want. But, God doesn't call me to do something impossible. He is there to help me, giving me the grace to succeed. So often it feels like I am failing at this but His mercies are new every morning and I am expected to get up and try again :-) I am so thankful to be home with them and equally thankful for the daily lessons (often painful) I receive in setting aside my "self" and serving my family.

I am reading an awesome book that is a great reminder of why I do what I do. It is also a great reminder of the high and holy calling God has placed on the lives of wives and mothers. It is called Passionate Housewives Desperate for God, read it for yourself.