Unless the Lord builds the house....

Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain. ~ Psalm 127:1

Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn out it's seven pillars. She has prepared meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table. She has sent out her maids, and she calls from the highest point in the city. "Let all who are simple come in here!" She says to those twho lack judgement. "Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed. Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of understanding........ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. For through me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life. If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer'. Proverbs 9: 1-6, 10-12

I've been thinking a lot about the 'building of my house'. Not in the physical sense, although I did just mow the lawn for the first time today, but more in a spiritual and emotional sense. With summer approaching, and the preparations I'm making to have my children here 'full time' all summer, I need to figure out what the tone of the summer will be. What am I going to focus on? For the last several years, I've felt trapped, tied down and controlled by various people in my life. This summer, I want to enjoy each minute with my kids. I want to savor the time I have with them. I want to lay on the grass and look up in the sky and dream, and talk, and laugh. I don't want to worry about if the clothes get dirty, or the house gets dirty or the dogs get dirty, we all wash up pretty well. I don't want to feel rushed or stressed or have a cloud hanging over us. I have the opportunity to create a new tradition, to let the little things go, and really live. I want to be wise with the time I am given with my children. I want to impact them in a way that will help them be better, stronger, more balanced people as they move into their teenage years. I want a relationship with them where they can talk to me honestly, because they know I will really listen and react first and foremost with love for them.

My prayer is that the Lord will build my house, and that I will listen to wisdom.