John Andrew and I are just getting home from a quick trip to Alabama. We enjoyed family and friends and didn't stop moving from the moment we arrived to the moment we left. Now that we are home, we are doing lots of planning and preparing and mostly planning to prepare for baby no. 2.
It may be a little early but I have been thinking how our daily schedule will change to accommodate those stressful 2 mo of constant nursing, a 2 year old, and a house full of things begging to be done (not to mention serving my husband). I have many lofty ideas and it is so easy for me to put a plan on paper. Realistically though I have learned with one child, and I'm sure will learn more with 2 that plans often change.
one of my new books has given me some great insight and several points to consider as I plan. In Building Her House by Nancy Wilson in a chapter entitled "Perfectly Domestic" she says,
God is perfect, but He is not a perfectionist....The sun does not get up at the same time every day. But he does get up. The sun doesn't even set at the same time every day, but we always have a sunset. Sometimes spring is early, sometimes late. Snow arrives in October one year and stays until March, but then never shows up at all, not even for Christmas, the very next year. God's world is generally predictable, but not exactly predictable. If the weather teaches us anything, it is that God is in charge and He does as He pleases.
I find these principles very helpful as I prepare for the coming season of being a mother of 2. While I think schedules are good for me since many "small" but important duties can be easily forgotten (especially by me). They are good for John Andrew and future little ones to give security and a generally predictable life. HOWEVER, I ought not make my daily plan more important than my child/ren, husband, or any extra service God would see fit to bring my way.
May I/we remain flexible, seeking to do what God would have us do each day, not seeking to be perfectionist, simply to glorify him.
