If every day were Mother’s Day, kids would pick up there socks.  The house would be clean, attitudes would never need to be adjusted, and everyone win the house would draw me pictures and life would be glorious.  But today is the day after Mother’s Day.  Now what?  It’s not that my family doesn’t appreciate me every other day of the year, it’s just that I’m the Mom.  That’s my job.  They expect and need me to be consistent and follow through on their expectations.

Being consistent has never been my strong suit.  It’s easy at the beginning of things to get all pumped up and give it all I’ve got, but man, 15 years into it and I get a little worn out.  But it’s in consistency that true glory comes out.  Being able to stand the test of time is something to be proud of.

Drew Barrymore said, “I pray to be like the ocean, with soft currents, maybe waves at times. More and more, I want the consistency rather than the highs and the lows.”

So no matter what the day holds, I will strive to have the courage to be consistent. Peggy Noonan said,  “Part of courage is simple consistency.”

What God has entrusted to me is worthy of my effort to offer a consistent love and care  and attention to it.  Isn’t yours?