What day do you look forward to every week?
What day do you look forward to every week? I’m a Saturday girl! Saturdays used to be great coz that’s the day to have family gatherings, date, shop and once in a really blue blue moon-clubbing. Now, Saturdays are baby sitting days. It’s the day I get to rest, spend time with my baby and complete a ton of chores.
That’s why Saturdays are precious to me. The first thing I do when I wake up on Saturday mornings is to plan my day. My schedule is now set by my little girl. I literally rotate my life & squeeze the stuff I need to do into the few hours when she sleeps. Alas for me, this baby of mine didn’t inherit my ability to sleep through any natural disaster. She cat naps throughout the day. That means, I have to stagger whatever I need to do in a brief period of half an hour throughout the day.
Have you tried mopping the floor or washing toilets in 1/2 hour? I’d me mopping away and when she wakes I’ll have to lug her around in my baby carrier as I mop. Try carrying a packet of rice to mop the floor. That’s what it feels like. Other times, I’d be washing the toilet and then she cries so I’ll be sloshing my way from the toilet to pick her up. My heart hoping that the detergent I put all over the toilet won’t harden to be decorative items on the walls.
Therefore, as usual this morning when I woke up, I started to mentally picture what are the things that needs to be done & what to do 1st. Listed at the bottom was "Spend time in prayer to seek God’s counsel". You see, I have an important decision I needed to make so I had to set aside extra time on top of my usual prayer to talk with my dear God about it. As I was thinking about the things to get done, I realized that the cleanliness of my house was deemed more important than spending time with God since up at the top of the list was "mop floor".
Hmmm…something wrong with that picture, huh. I remembered that as Christians we are to give our best to God. I believe my God is the creator of heaven and earth and here I am giving Him scraps. The ‘cream’ of my day is the mornings when my baby has her longest nap. It’s the time I get to do most of the stuff I need to do. I was really reluctant to "give" God that time. But you know what, I guess I don’t mind walking on a dirty floor for another day. I can proudly say i spent the best time of my Saturday praying. Well, still no answer regarding the decision I have to make but God did show me how real He is.
My baby napped for 3hours twice today! I managed to finish all my chores and some extra stuff too.I was totally perplexed I checked on my baby to make sure she was breathing! Then I remembered a verse from the bible "seek ye first the kingdom of God and all these shall be added unto you". I seeked God 1st today and he gave me a small miracle. Maybe the next time my daughter will not sleep for so many hours but I’m sure God will take care of me in other ways. Perhaps another Saturday my husband will come home & clean the house for me, maybe he won’t mind the dirty toilet or perhaps you-the one reading this blog will come and clean my house. 
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God is good, right? Oh, by the way I also like Sundays.
