New Member of the Year

Recently, I was honored by my Junior Women's Group with the New Member of the Year Award. This was such an honor and a surprise. There are so many women in this group who are as deserving of this award, if not more deserving. As honored as I was to get this award, it really made me stop and think. If Peyton and Robbie were to give me an award, would they give me a silver platter that says "mom and wife of the year", or would they give me a plaque that says "volunteer for the community and order take-out award"? It made me realize that maybe, just maybe I have a hard time saying the word “no”. I am beginning to understand that this is becoming an issue because every time my phone rings I crawl under my bed, count to twenty, rock back and forth and hope they hang up before I say yes to something that I really truly have no time for. Now, let me be straight with you, I get my volunteer bug very honestly. Most of the people in my family are obsessive compulsive volunteers! It just isn’t in our blood to Say “no”. As I was looking through my calendar today, I realized that I need to do a little prioritizing. Are the activities, that I have coming up, a priority to my family, to me, or to someone else? Do I have things to do that might drastically effect the time that I could be spending with my husband and my son? Am I saying yes to others because I am trying to fit in with the “whose who” of volunteer moms, or am I saying yes to those extra activities because I feel like God is leading me to them. YIKES! What is a girl to do? One of my favorite scripture verses is Ephesians 2:10.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

This scripture verse reminds me that as a child of God, it is my responsibility to share His love by extending out my hand to help with the needs of my community. My prayer now, is that God gives me the wisdom to say yes to the activities and organizations that He wants me to be a part of, and to say no if it is not His Will. If it sends me running for the closet, the chocolate, or if I start rocking back and forth as I am hiding from the phone, then it probably is not spirit led.

Ecclesiastes 3:1
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven

Heavenly Father, help me to listen to your still small voice. I want to say yes to the activities that You want me to be a part of and to say no if it is not Your Will. Help me to strive daily to be mom and wife of the year and not volunteer of the year. Thank you for giving me the ability to do good works for You!

AMEN!