Here’s why keeping your house perfect shouldn’t be your top priority as a mom.
Does that sound counter-intuitive? Counterproductive, maybe?
(You don’t know what my kids are like! If I weren’t on top of the house, there’d be mud all over every surface, every day!)
Sure, sure – I get that. But I’m asking about your priorities here.
Is your *true* priority keeping your meals top notch, your cleaning as good as a paid housekeeping service, and your laundry crisply folded, down to the underwear?
Because if it is, no wonder you’re missing the joy in your #momlife.
No wonder you hate dragging yourself out of bed in the morning.
No wonder you feel like a drudge going about your day.
Because if *that’s* what you think the proper use of your talents is – if *that’s* what your time use is telling me – then you won’t get any joy out of life.
It’s just another mess to clean up. It’s just another menu to plan.
And it always has to be as good as last time, or else you’re falling down on the job. Not meeting your expectations. Shirking responsibilities.
Do you feel the heaviness coming through those words? Even just me speaking them?
Boy, what a lot of pressure to put on yourself. What a joyless way to live.
I want to banish every kind of thinking like this from your head.
I want you to live, and flourish, in a grace-filled, strength-affirming environment as a mom.
I want you to be set free to live as God intended, love your family in the exact way He gifted you to, and yes, keep the floors clean every so often – but only because clean floors help *you* function better.
Not because they’re your sole job.
So what needs changing about your mom mindset? Where have you been selling yourself short, downplaying your abilities, turning yourself into nothing more than a glorified housekeeper?
That stops today.
That’s no way to live.
And it’s certainly not God’s plan for you, nor His view of motherhood.
Nor is it mine.
