Where is that P31?: You Want Me to Get Up WHEN? Proverbs 31:15

 
You Want Me to Get Up WHEN? (Proverbs 31:15)
   by Rebecca at Mom’s Mustard Seeds

A few years ago, I attended a Wisdom For Wives class….

My life was being turned upside down…and I had no idea the changes God was planning.

You see, in April of 07, we sold our home, and we moved 1300 miles away……in May of 08, we sold that house and moved back to the city we moved away from…the city we live in now. We moved back without a job or a home. Why? After praying before/after each move, we felt God was moving us….spiritually.

When we returned, my husband found a job, we found a home, I returned to working at a Preschool, we put our children on a school bus…and life returned to normal…ok, what we thought was normal.

Then, I attended Wisdom for Wives

I learned about that ‘S’ word….I’ll ‘whisper’ it….SUBMISSIVE…ok…that wasn’t a whisper.

Like I said….that class rocked my world. I learned…that I wasn’t the wife God meant me to be….I didn’t even know what kind of wife he wanted me to be.

At the end of the class…after may nights of praying and talking with my husband…we pulled our daughter out of school. A few months later…our oldest son came home…why?…to do that other word….that ‘h’ word…to homeschool.

All of a sudden, the time I had during the day to do the things I thought needed to be done…were…well..GONE!

And…I read-re-read and read….(get the picture) Proverbs 31…..and this verse struck me…

She gets up while it is still night; she provides food for her family and portions for her female servants. (Proverbs 31: 15)

 

As I read that, I thought of the changes we had made in our family. We were homeschooling, I was grinding wheat, to bake bread/pasta…making butter and yogurt. I know, NUTS right!!! How could I possibly fit all of that in?

We found that we were truly healthier. We found that our food budget was decreasing….but, when could I do all of this? When could I spend time with God…time to pray, time to worship, time to drink a cup of coffee and truly spend time with the one who loves me so much that he thought of me before he created the universe? How could I spend time with my husband, prepare his breakfast and lunch?

God provided that answer in that verse. And…I submitted. I begin waking up at 5am. I found an accountability group to help me do it…..and now…it’s second nature. The clock goes off…after I wake. My prayers begin before my feet hit the floor. My home is not always peaceful, but the days I do not submit and leave my comfy covers while ‘it is still night’….the days are rushed, my soul is not peaceful….and I feel it…I feel the consequence of not submitting to that one little verse.

I’m not saying everyone has to do this. SO many families have different schedules. This one works for us. I get up way before everyone else. Dad works late, so I let the kids sleep in a little later than most, so they can spend time with Daddy at night….but, that makes that time before he leaves for work so precious…and because my quiet time with God and chores are finished when he wakes up, I am able to give him my undivided attention….

and…I can catch sweet pictures like this one….

How do you work your home? What schedule works for you? Did you find your schedule in the scriptures? If so, I would love to glean the wisdom of your own heart!

Rebecca lives in a little town just north of Atlanta, GA. She is a Child of God and is incredibly blessed to be happily married to the man she fell in love with at 17 and is blessed with three amazing children. She moved from point shoes to combat boots…and high heels up the corporate ladder before trading them in to be a Preschool Teacher. Now, she homeschools her three children and blogs over at Mom’s Mustard Seeds.