Everyone fights for something. Every day. If you say you don't, you are lying or in denial. Some battles are silly, and some aren't. But whatever it is, it takes up your time, energy, and resources.
My current battles are to keep on top of my daughter's 3+ week illness, keep race training a priority in this awful weather, and keep my sanity while my husband is away. These are all worthy battles for me right now, and they are worth fighting for. But recently while I have been fighting these fights, I am picking others. Ones that aren't worth it. Mainly involving my kids. I'm getting caught up using my energy and resources on things that don't matter in the Grand Scheme of Life.
Or do they? I don't know. I mean, it doesn't really matter if the boys take their toys back upstairs. And yet it does. Because if I ask them to do it and they don't, then it becomes more then just toys. Or even if it's just forgetfulness (rather than disobedience), it adds chaos to my life to have to deal with something I shouldn't have to deal with. Argh. What to do, what to do?
I don't know. But I do know that each morning I have to get up and decide what I'm going to fight for. I truly have to choose my battles. And I have to stick to it. Finish the race. There are larger things at stake than picking up toys, wiping snotty noses, exercise, and yes, even sanity. But little things pile on top of each other and create bigger things. And those bigger things define me as a person. As a Believer and Lover of Jesus. As a Mother to my Children and a Wife to my Husband.
And so I fight. I fight to protect my family. And to do that, I need to keep them healthy. And I need to keep me healthy. And so I wipe noses, and I exercise, and I preserve my sanity...and on and on the cycle goes.
What are you fighting for? What matters to you? Is it worth your time, energy, and resources? Does it help make you the person you want to be?
And now, I must go. My daughter is fighting for my attention. And she wins over this blog any day.
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