There are days when I feel like Superwoman.  I get everything on my list accomplished, school goes without a hitch (or without any hitches I'm not able to handle in record time), the laundry is done up, the dishes are done up, the house is relatively clean, and I even manage to find the time to read a book...to myself!  These are the days when I feel I have arrived and I nearly break my arm patting myself on the back.

However, these days are few and far between.  More often than not my superwoman cape hangs dirty and wrinkled at the back of the closet. 

As this pregnancy progresses (only 6 weeks to go!), I am finding that my Superwoman days may be all but over for a time.  My hips are now loosey-goosey and just getting off the couch or standing to cook dinner pose serious threats to my well-being.  I have to do things in jerks and stops, bits and pieces, half baby steps at a time.

Lately, I've been contemplating how I feel about this way of doing things.  I first noticed I was slowing down at about 31 weeks.  I was upset that it was happening so soon.  However, when looking back through my pregnancy journals, I realized that this particular time frame seems to be normal for me...how easily I forget from one pregnancy to the next. 

Now, as I sit here at nearly 34 weeks, I've begun to accept this slowing.  But, there is one tiny glich...the holidays are upon us!  How can I waddle through the holidays like this?  How will I ever get anything accomplished?  Where is that Superwoman cape???

And that's when it hit me...

I am slowing during a season when I *should* be slowing, not speeding up.  The house, the homeschooling, the desire to be Superwoman all need to take a backseat to what (or rather WHO) is number one.  In fact, this doesn't just apply to the next couple of months...this is TRUTH ALL YEAR LONG.

I think the Lord only allows so many Superwoman Days because otherwise we would never find ourselves in a place where our lives nearly come to a halt because we just can't keep going and the only thing we can do is surrender.  Wouldn't it be wonderful if we just surrendered from the get-go?

Lord, even if today is a Superwoman Day, make my heart hear YOU.  Lead me to understand that YOU are my strength.  And if today is not a Superwoman Day, I praise You for that as well because it keeps me humble, teaches me to fully surrender to You, shows me the important things.  Amen.