To Every Mom ...Pray at the Wishing Well

I used to try to do it all. When my girls were small, I wanted to be the best mom ever. I was always thinking up things for the kids to do that were creative. Crafts, stories, plays, pretending, games. One of their favorites was fishing for prizes out of "the wishing well". They would throw their fishing line down from the top of the stairs, over the railing and after I tugged a few minutes, they would pull in their line with their catch. Which usually consisted of a sample of shampoo, a gumball machine toy, any little gadget that I could find around the house that they hadn't seen before. It was always fun to see their eyes light up over hardly anything at all.

In those days, I appreciated that beautiful innocence of childhood. It was so easy to please them and to keep them excited about life. Each day brought such wonder and delight. Everything being brand new...every experience their first. I wanted an 8th day of the week. Time was flying by and every minute I was loving it.

Then life crept in. I didn't know I could have stopped it. I didn't realize I didn't really need things. Not the things of the world. Not more stuff. It only made life more complicated, more work.

I don't know how women do it today. I thought life went fast enough back then, but today it's on fast forward and it's stuck there.

If you are a mom today...God loves you, God blesses you, He sees what you are trying to do. Think like your child. Believe like your child. Go to the well and instead of wishing, pray there. God will hear you. He will give you what you need to do His work in caring for your kids, your spouse, your home, your family and you will want an 8th day of the week. You will want extra time to enjoy your life.

Simplify your life. Don't over complicate it with more stuff. Kids should learn to be creative. They should learn who they are and what interests them. Let them learn to work with you and do the jobs you need to do around the house. Life goes by in a flash and as we get older...1/2 a flash. Make it last.