Where are my 24 hours?

My life has been feeling out of balance of late with so much to do and so little time. I love my new business; passionate about it and the direction it's taking. But I don't want to miss out on my family or my God.

Nia seems to be growing up so fast and yet there are days when I feel like it's not fast enough (forgive me Lord). I want to follow my passion which I now believe to be part of God's greater purpose for me. I however don't want to lose out on living with and loving my wonderful, can't-do-it-without-you family. Lord please give me wisdom and show me the way forward.

I love this poem that I first came across in "Mom... and lovin it!" by Laurie Hillard and Sharon Autry ( lovely book by the way). Maybe I should frame it and have it in my view always...

                                                            "Love in the Home"

If I live in a house of spotless beauty with everything in its place,

But have not love, I am a housekeeper — not a homemaker.

If I have time for waxing, polishing, and decorative achievements,

But have not love, my children learn cleanliness — not godliness.

Love leaves the dust in search of a child’s laugh.

Love smiles at the tiny fingerprints on a newly cleaned window.

Love wipes away the tears before it wipes up the spilled milk.

Love picks up the child before it picks up the toys.

Love is present through the trials.

Love reprimands, reproves, and is responsive.

Love crawls with the baby, walks with the toddler, runs with the child,

Then stands aside to let the youth walk into adulthood.

Love is the key that opens salvation’s message to a child’s heart.

Before I became a mother I took glory in my house of perfection.

Now I glory in God’s perfection of my child.

As a mother, there is much I must teach my child,

But the greatest of all is love.