I am so saddened by something I just read on a forum I belong too.  This mother actually said she would not have had her kids if she would have known how much work they would have been. She also was bothered by the fact that she can't ever go out because her husband won't stay alone with the kids.

     I cried for this womans kids. I mean how could children not feel this horror coming from their mother. I just can't even wrap my mind around the anger issues I am reading from other moms. The really sad, SAD thing is she was embraced by this community. Stress is awful, pressure from family is no fun, little kids can be demanding and talk alot but with Jesus things should look at least a little different than the world.

     I still can't get over that noone said anything about her statement about wishing she did not have her kids. I'll take them!!! I just want us as Christian, homeschool moms to be different. Not just appear different or put together well for the public eye. Let us really be different from the inside.

     I know husbands and homes and children all take our attention, but if there are anger issues they need to be addressed. Put aside cleaning out closets and making 3 course meals, teaching something new in school. Get with the Lord and drink from His well! It never runs dry, He is always there at whatever moment you need Him. Be consistent with your quiet time and memorize scripture. Most of all don't just talk about anger and find solace in the fact that thier are other mothers out there struggling....Do the work and CHANGE! Realize that this is a sin, confess it, lean on the Lord and actively work on change. Our children will have to live with the scars we pass onto them because of our anger issues.

     I am not meaning to be preachy. I also know that anger is not easy to overcome. I come from an angry home and it is a choice not to let anger be the first reaction. I think anger will always be an issue, I just don't let it come into play. It is always just under the skin, in my flesh. Thank God I have a Savior who fills me with His Holy Spirit and rescues me from my sin and flesh. I could easily blame my nasty tongue on my parents and that is the only way I know how to react, or my husband works long hours and we don't always have enough money. Oh, here's a big one my parents have lived with us for the last 8mts(stresser).

     There are many excuses, but come on mom's join me in getting anger out of our childrens lives. Lets want our kids and our honeys. Lets love them and enjoy them. Lets know our God and be the woman He created us to be. Never regret having our beautiful blessings for that is what children are.

     It is now late and I am going to go kiss each of my blessings, who are fast asleep. My sweet babies!

Blessings,

Andrea