Some nights are just tough - particularly when I'm doing the dinner/bath/bed/storytime thing all by myself. Patience wears thin, and I find myself struggling to keep a civil tone as the kids go nuts (they're tired and crabby, too!).
Colin Buchanan's written a song for families to remember in times like this:
Press On, Mums
Press on, Mums
In all the chaos
Look to Jesus through the tears
Press on, Mums
God will guide you
Through those precious, tender years
Chorus
And in all you do do it for Jesus
Who won you life and free forgiveness
Yesterday, today
He is the same
All you do
Do it in Jesus' name
Press on, Dads
Love your wife
Serve your children
Set the pace
Press on Dads
Seize the moment
Show them Jesus
Run the race
Chorus
Press on, kids
God adores you
He will hear you when you pray
Press on, kids
Love your family
Honour, serve
Forgive, obey
Chorus
...and when all your human energy is gone
Look towards your Jesus and press on
Words and music by Colin Buchanan (c) 2007 Universal Music Publishing (Aust)
Those last two lines are what I need to remember on nights like this. Strength to love even when you're bone tired...
:)
2 comments:
oh arsenic hour by yourself - i hate it - just the thought makes me teary. 1 kid was ok, but doing the whole thing with 2 -ouch.
With Youth ministry commitments, I get to do it three nights a week! Yay! :)
Actually, it isn't so bad most nights. Thursdays are the killer because we've been out at SRE during the day, so by dinner time the kids feel neglected and out of routine.
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