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How do you do it?

Many people ask me "How do you do it?""I don't know" is usually my first answer followed by "one day at a time". Honestly, when it comes to raising my children,  I do know that it was put on my heart to have each of them and I love each of them very much. But yes there are many days I raise the question myself and have wondered if I'm just plain crazy. Believe me,  I am not a supermom, nor do I ever pretend to be. I have so many downfalls and weaknesses. I don't get everything done everyday. My list of what I'd like to do is always longer than what actually gets done. NO, I do not have a lot of patience (as everyone seems to think I must), quite the contrary! I think it is one of the hardest things to learn and get self control and believe me, I daily feel like I'm failing at it. I need to remind myself of
 
2 Corinthians 12:9
 "My grace is sufficient for you, but my power is made perfect in weakness".
 
Thank God for that. His grace is sufficient for me. Its sufficient when I mess up and yell over another spill and mess made (I am a type A personality). His grace is sufficient for me whether or not the laundry has been done. His grace is sufficient for me when I am selfishly checking Facebook instead of looking up at my child who is asking me something (but what I don't know because all I hear is the Charlie Brown waa waa waa sound because I was tuning him out). But also His power is made perfect in my weakness!  Then the scripture goes on to say " Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me". So I guess that would mean that I can gladly be open and honest with everyone that I have many weaknesses (patience being a big one) because as I share I am inviting Christ's power to come dwell within me and be powerful instead. So I guess that means when people want to know how do I do it...the answer is, with His sufficient grace and power that is perfected in my weakness (which is still one day at a time).

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