Making Good Habits

So often we are concerned about imparting good habits into our children, but neglect the formation of good habits in our own lives.

We want our days to run easy and smoothly, but many times neglect the formation of habit to dominate our days. Instead, we allow each day to take care of themselves. This kind of thinking will bring frustration and discontentment to the atmosphere of the home and our precious families will suffer because of it.

I believe that if a mother will discipline herself and establish habits that are beneficial to her life, they will easily become habits to her children.

As a mother I have often failed in this area, not having formed my own habits sufficiently. Being inconsistent rather than determined not to fall into the tempation of complacency, because, well, it´s just easier.

Mother's have busy and full days, especially homeschooling mother's, and if we don´t allow the proper habits to form, by discipline and determination, we can expect nothing greater than mediocrity or quite possibly failure, in which case we best be on our knees in suplication to the Lord for help. This brings me to what I believe is the most important habit we need to form in our lives; prayer.

Each day can bring so many distractions for a mother, with days that are full to overflowing. The interuptions that steal away our good intentions must be fought with self-discipline and perserverance. Prayer and time of fellowship with God will do much to improve our ability to be consisitent in every other area of habit. Finding that space of time in the day to spend with the Lord should fit into our daily lives just as eating and sleeping - as natural as waking up each morning. A bit of discipline and determination, as we spend time each day with God will be a benefit to our entire family; what a tremendous responsibility we have...