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The Importance of Being Authentic

November 27, 2015 By Mrs. Mom 2 Comments

Be authentic…

Does that spark any thoughts in you mind?

Well, It is 2am and I am sitting in my bed typing this.  I wanted to make sure that I discussed it while it was fresh on my mind.

We all have a message.

We all have influence.

 

Some of us feel that we are less heard than others, so we begin to reach out for a bigger platform that will afford us the opportunity to get out message out to a larger audience.  Yet, many times, we never stop to think about when we will be satisfied with the size or magnitude of our platform.  When will you be satisfied with the size of your audience?

Have you realize that your message has the power to change someone’s life?

If you focus on the size of your audience, you may never say what you need to say to change the life of that one person.  Yes, one person matters.

Will you be happy if your message changes 500,000, 100,000, or 5,000 lives? How about 500?  What about 100?  What if your message reached 50 people and their lives were changed?  What if you message reached 5 people?  Would you be happy that those 5 people were always attentively listening to your message?  What if the message that you shared changed the lives of those 5 and then they, in turn, had an impact on their sphere of the  world?

Ironically, my family has 5 of the members, besides myself, in it.  Years ago, I told the Lord that I wanted to change the world…He gave me my family.  My role as a wife and mother has become the most important role in my life outside of being a child of God.  I have come to realize that nothing else can be placed above these two God-given roles.

Now although I am a wife and mother, I am also a writer.  I have come to learn that I must know my audience.  When I am talking to my family, they are my audience.  My message is for them.  However, when I am writing, my message is for a specific, God-given audience.

I believe that we have to understand and appreciate the fact that God has given all of us an audience.  Whatever it is that you do, you sphere of influence is God-given.  You don’t have to change your message in order to attract your audience.  Share the message that God gave you and watch those within your sphere of influence; receive a major impact in the way that God ordained.

Stop focusing on the numbers.  Stop thinking that no one is listening.  Those are all distractions.

When you are at home cooking dinner for you family, the message is clear…you care for them.  They hear you say, “You are worth of my time.”

When you take the time to help your children with homework or to, simply, hug them…you are sharing your message.  They hear you say, “I love you.  You are valuable to me.”

When you listen to your husband talk about his day…you’re listening.  He hears you say, “You are interesting and your story matters.”

If you are a blogger, like me, and you take the time to share a message with your audience…you are investing.  They hear you say, “Your life matters and I am honored to share my message with you.”

We all have to realize that our message is bigger than ourselves.  Whether the listener responds in a way that communicates what we are expecting or not, we have to understand the potential for our message to reach their hearts and to inspire them.

The numbers don’t matter.

I understand the statistic.  “If you have a larger number of people in your audience, the greater amount of people who might hear your message.” Yet, you are focusing on the numbers, not the message.

Let me give you a different statistic.  If you have a larger number of people in your audience, the greater number of people who may possibly encounter your message, but they might not be listening.  Yet, if you focus on the quality of your message and know your audience, regardless of the numbers, someone will most likely listen and be greatly impacted.

What I am trying to tell you is that focusing on the numbers causes us not to be authentic because we are willing to do whatever is necessary to get our numbers up.  We become blinded by the numbers and unable to see all of the people who God has placed in our lives, who are actually listening.

However, when we focus in on the quality of the message and share what God has placed in our hearts, the lives that He has foreordained, are changed…

Don’t change your message to make people listen.  Share your real message and the people who are supposed to hear it, will listen.

All of this is a choice.  Just give it a thought and be authentic…

Filed Under: Early Mornings & Late Nights, Encourage MySelf Monday, Encouragement, Encouraging Myself, Integrity & Character, My Identity, Reflection, Reflections

On Parenting

February 5, 2015 By Mrs. Mom Leave a Comment

Wow!!!

Was that Wednesday?  I had my share of ups and downs yesterday.

I had moments when everything went well and others where they just didn’t.

But that’s how life is, right?!

Each and every day…in every season of our lives we are faced with new challenges.  We have to make new decisions.  We have to decide to either commit or not to commit to a task, function, or a role.

I find that these are the times when I begin to reevaluate my priorities.  I look at my progress.  Am I consistent in what I do?  Am I holding myself accountable or do I have someone in my life that can do it for me when I can’t?

Yet, parenting is one of those things where you never know what trials or tests we are going to face.  Parenting tests our ability and our inabilities. It is one of the many roles in life that test or check our character.  Parenting proves if we are who we say we are…who we hope to be…or who we said we would never be…

It is in this, that we have to stand strong in the promises of God…cast all of our cares upon Him…for He cares for us…

When I need wisdom…I ask…He supplies…

Parenting causes me to say “Lord, help me to push when I need to push, but not pass the limit that you have set…that is needed…Help me to hold on when I should and to let go when I need to…Help me Lord to raise them right…pleasing in Your sight. For you gave them to me…Let me stand up for them and with them…when I should against their will to do wrong…to quit, to not try…help me to teach them resilience and accountability.  Help me to show them the way that you have shown me…”

This is my hearts prayer…for me…for my husband…for my children…my grandchildren…

I even pray this for you…that you would be encouraged and strengthened to influence and assist a young person in their growth and maturity.  When you feel like giving up, that God would equip you with the strength to continue to go on and to see the task all the way through…

That was Wednesday…over that hump…

Now, this is Thursday…

Filed Under: Early Mornings & Late Nights, Encouraging Myself, Living Honestly, Mothering, Parenting, Reflections Tagged With: parenting, reflections, strength, wisdom

The Choices That We Make

January 27, 2015 By Mrs. Mom 2 Comments

Over the course of our life times we are faced with choices.

Our life experiences shape the way that we view the world and in a way, they predetermine the choices that we make…unless something or someone intervenes to help reshape the way that we view the world.

In this manner, our relationships become as important, if not more important than the experiences that we’ve had.

Last night, I sat and had a conversation with my husband about a few things.   I realized, once again, that it is important to get wise counsel before making a choice, if I’m not sure what to do.  (And in many cases, even when I’m sure what to do)

You see, just because we view the world in a specific way doesn’t mean that it’s the way that the world should be viewed.  Just because we want to handle a situation a certain way, doesn’t mean that we should…

Sometimes…most of the times…no, all of the times…it is important for us to thoroughly consider the choices that we make.  How will our choices affect other people?  How will they affect us?

We have to take our time to make the proper, correct, right choice…the one that represents us…

I am thankful for my husband.  I am thankful for his wisdom.  I am thankful for our unity.

It is my hope that I would always be able to consider the various options before me and the effects of each choice that I make, wisely.

Have you ever realized that your choices should be thoroughly considered and in considering them, you changed your mind?  If so, what or who made you see this?  What would the outcome have been like if you made the other choice?  Please share…

Filed Under: Early Mornings & Late Nights, Feelings, Reflection, Reflections, Relationships, Thoughts Tagged With: choices, decisions, experiences, life, relationship, right choices, wisdom

On My Heart

January 4, 2015 By Mrs. Mom Leave a Comment

 

This morning I’m sitting here, thinking. I have something on my heart.
Normally I’d be thinking about my family, my day, my plans, my desires…but not today.

This morning I am thinking about the less fortunate. The poor…

There are poor people in this country. They live at a level that is below the normal American standard of living. This morning my heart goes out to them.

There are also poor people that live in other countries that not only live below a certain standard of living, but they are dying. Their children are dying. They search the trash and find no food. Not only that…they do not have basic human rights. There is no chance for them to get out of poverty…and there is no one in their country to help them because of a dictatorship.

They don’t have freedom of speech. Not even those that are considered the elite of the country. What they see, hear, and do is controlled by the government…

This is sad…

So this morning, I pray for all of the less fortunate. I pray for the abused. I pray for those that don’t even know what they are lacking because they are kept from knowing what they could have.

This morning I pray that we as Americans would not take our freedoms for granted. I pray that God would help us see how blessed we are. We are blessed to have food, water, shelter, books, television, music…choices.

If you understand what I’m saying, join me in this prayer.

Father God, we come to you humbly asking you first to forgive us if we have been ungrateful for the blessings that you have given us. Help us to see how blessed we are in this country and not to take it for granted. Help us to utilize the voices and freedoms that you have given us for your glory and your purpose, to help others. Father, help us to see with your eyes and hear with your ears, the needs of others. If we can help, let us help. If there is nothing that we can do, let us pray. Help those in need God. Help the mother that cannot feed her child or herself. Help that father that has no way of providing for his family. Help the broken and the wounded. Help the forgotten…we pray that the brainwashing would cease. We pray that all people would have basic human rights like freedom of speech. Lord do what only you can do. Go where only you can go. Save souls and lives. Show them that you are God.

In Jesus’ mighty name we pray…Amen

Cherish what you have been blessed with and I hope you have a great day…

Filed Under: Early Mornings & Late Nights, Prayer Tagged With: blessing, poor, prayer

To Move Forward

July 19, 2014 By Mrs. Mom 2 Comments

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This morning is sit, listening to the sound of the birds singing outside of my window. This window isn’t one that I normally have. For it’s a family window out of town. In the beautiful mountains. Here there is peace and tranquility. There is freedom. The freedoms feels almost limitless. What I mean is that the land is not bound by fences and walls. Instead our children can simply run free in the land.

We saw a bear about 50 feet away from us. We also saw the deer grazing the land. With all of this, I have taken time within myself to simply rest. I wanted to allow myself time to breath.

There are times when our entire being needs a break. God said that we should rest and we need to make sure that we are listening to what He has told us to do. It is when we find rest that we are able to move forward.

Life gets really busy and things happen. We have all of these family, work, school, friend, church, and various aspects of life to deal with. Many times we have no clue what we should do or say, but…I believe that it is in the quiet place of rest that we will hear The Lord guide us to a place where not only our soul finds rest, but the answers to all of the questions that our hearts ponder.

I needed this trip. I needed to be able to take a breath and rest. I needed to get away from all of the busyness. You can go on a vacation and not actually rest. You get so busy trying to have fun that it’s no longer rest. Instead it becomes a new job.

On this trip, we could have gotten really busy, but I chose to rest so that I could be rejuvenated enough to take some big steps in my daily life…to move forward.

Filed Under: Early Mornings & Late Nights Tagged With: moving forward, rest, trip

Morning Pondering

July 17, 2014 By Mrs. Mom Leave a Comment

I should be sleeping right now, but I can’t. I have so much on my mind right now. I was going to sit down and begin to complain through this post, I I have suddenly had a change of heart.

I am very well aware of many of my life’s problems. I have read many of the bad reports through the news and other forms of media. I have contemplated the negative. I have even taken the time to allow my mind to think the worst, which I don’t recommend. Yet in the midst of all of this, I was quickly reminded of how blessed I am.

I remembered all of the people and things that God has so graciously blessed me with. I am truly thankful.

I realize that I could be somewhere else doing anything else, but I’m here. I breathing, healthy, a mother, wife, daughter, friend, cousin, and so much more. So today this will be my mission. I will continue to reflect in God’s unfailing mercy toward me. I will remember His word that He has spoke over me, my family, my marriage, my children. I will reflect, remember, and remind myself that God has, is, and will continue to supply all of my needs.

I know all of this may seem a bit sporadic, but this is me this morning. I will refocus my thoughts and give everyone the attempts to take hold of my thoughts and consume me, to God

I am eternally thankful for God’s love, grace, and unmerited favor. I don’t deserve anything that I have. Yet He has seen fit to bless me abundantly.

My prayer for today is that my life may bring Him praise. That he may look upon my life and smell a pleasant aroma of worship.

Unto to you O God, on this day, I give You all that I am. Have your way with my life. For once again, I surrender my all to you. – in Jesus name…Amen

Filed Under: Early Mornings & Late Nights Tagged With: complaining, God, life, pondering, prayer

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