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>> Welcome to my very messy home. There's
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things all over the kitchen counter. The
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kids are watching cartoons in the family
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room. We have food that still needs to
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be prepared. And things are very much
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far from perfect. But lately, I've been
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learning that homemaking doesn't have to
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be about getting everything done as
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quickly as possible. And it doesn't have
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to be perfect. Sometimes it's just about
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slowing down. Something I talk a lot
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about on this channel. taking your time
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to prepare a meal, cleaning your kitchen
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while you listen to your favorite music,
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making something from scratch, even if
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it's chaotic around you, and just
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getting your home ready for the week
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ahead. I think that there is so much
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beauty in just those small ordinary
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moments. So today I'm taking you along
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with me for a slow day at home as I
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prepare some meals for my family, spend
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some time in the kitchen and get a
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little bit of cleaning done. Basically
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just simply enjoying being at home,
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being a homemaker and being a mom.
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Nothing in this video, as you can see,
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is perfect. I am not rushing through
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anything. It's just a quiet and slow day
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of homemaking, taking care of my family
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in my home, and finding joy in the
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little things. One thing that helps me
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to slow down on the weekends is
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preparing some of our meals ahead of
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time. It's not a huge like freezer meal
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prep where I prepare a bunch of meals
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for the entire month. Instead, I'm just
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preparing a few things now that I know
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will give me a little bit more breathing
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room during the week. And as a mom, I
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can definitely take a little bit more
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extra breathing room. So, I'm in the
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middle of preparing dinner. We're just
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going to be having a basic oven baked
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chicken with potatoes and veggie meal,
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but I'm also going to be preparing some
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breakfast for the week as well. Easy.
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Just scrambling some eggs with some
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cheese. And then I'm going to be adding
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in some ground sausage as well. Wrapping
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those up into some tortillas to make
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some easy breakfast burritos. Something
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that we can all enjoy and just grab out
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of the freezer in case we have a busier
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morning. I don't want to be scrambling
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trying to figure out what to make if
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There is definitely something satisfying
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about opening up your refrigerator
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during a busy weekday and already having
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something prepared. Meal prep definitely
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doesn't have to be elaborate. It's just
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about knowing that I've made something a
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little bit easier for myself the next
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day. And I think that that is one of the
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things that we can often overlook in
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homemaking because we're constantly
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actually doing little things for a
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future version of ourselves or our
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family. Maybe we wash the dishes at
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night time and clean the kitchen as a
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clothes down so that we don't have to
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wake up to a messy kitchen the next
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morning. We can get right into our day
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and preparing breakfast. We fold laundry
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because our family needs clean clothes
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during the weeks. And we prepare food
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because we know that there will be days
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when we don't have time or energy to
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make a meal from scratch or a healthy
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meal. And so that's pretty much the
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purpose of what I'm doing right now. And
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even though it might seem small, it's
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going to make a big difference later in
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the week. The thing is that a lot of
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women often feel pressured to be busy
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all the time. And one thing that I like
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to talk about on this channel is just
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slowing down and being more intentional
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with our time because there's always
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going to be something more that we can
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clean or organize, more laundry to fold,
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another meal to prepare, another home
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project to complete, and something about
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ourselves even that we can improve. But
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if we're not careful, we can definitely
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turn home making into like just a
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neverending checklist. And I have
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definitely had my seasons where I felt
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like I could just spend the entire day
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cleaning and still feel like I hadn't
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accomplished enough. But slowly and
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little by little things have definitely
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been changing around the home. One thing
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that recently or this week really
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touched my heart. I have been getting
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back into the chosen series. I don't
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know if you guys have ever heard of that
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television series, but that series has
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definitely been blessing me. But one
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episode was about the passage in the
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Bible about Mary and Martha. And it's
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one thing to just read that scripture,
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but to actually see it play out, you
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know, on the screen, that really touched
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my heart. So basically in the passage
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and in the particular episode, Jesus
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went to go visit his family and he was
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staying there with Martha and Mary and
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Lazarus. And while Mary was sitting
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there with Jesus and the disciples just
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listening to Jesus, you know, give a
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good word, Martha was in the kitchen
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just trying to make sure that everything
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was perfect for Jesus. She wanted him to
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be comfortable and she wanted him to
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have a nice perfect meal. She wanted the
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house to look perfect and clean and
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everything. And while Martha was doing
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all of this, Mary was just, you know,
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sitting in there listening to Jesus. She
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basically was not being helpful. And it
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was causing Martha to become more
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frustrated and she was, you know, more
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anxious and everything. And so when she
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brought the meal to the Lord, she asked
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him, "Does he care that her sister was
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not helping her at all?" in the specific
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verse it's Luke 10:40 if you want to
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read the full passage but basically
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Jesus had told her that acts of service
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is really good in that he was very
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grateful for that but Mary who had been
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sitting there listening to his word it
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was much more important he basically was
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saying that you shouldn't get so caught
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up and distracted by the service and the
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things that you're doing around your
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home that you forget to just be present
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with the Lord. And that is something
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that truly spoke to me because of course
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as a homemaker and a mom, I'm always
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doing things around the house and busy
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serving my children, serving my family,
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wanting the house to look beautiful,
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wanting everyone to have good and
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healthy meals. However, it can be hard
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to find time in our day to one spend
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time with the Lord and in his presence
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and reading his word, but to also even
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find time to just be present with our
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children. And he basically is trying to
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get us to understand that the things of
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the world are fleeting. We can prepare a
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meal, we'll eat that meal, and then it's
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gone. But his word is going to live on
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in our hearts forever, in our children's
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hearts forever. So while it is important
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for us, you know, to serve and to
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maintain, you know, cleanliness and
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healthy meals and to steward our home
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and our bodies and things like that,
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it's even more important to actually
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spend time in God's word, to spend time
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in his presence and prayer, to actually
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be present with our families. They don't
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actually care as much as we do about how
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perfect the house looks. They actually
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value our time and our presence with
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them a lot more. and God, Jesus, he is
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the same way. And so that's something
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that I really wanted to share with you
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guys because again in this video today,
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nothing about my home it is perfect.
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It's a big mess. And that's why I wanted
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to show you guys that first thing as
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soon as I started off the video. But I
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was able to get some things done. I was
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able to meal prep for the week as I were
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to prepare dinner. And that's good
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enough. And then I can spend the rest of
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the evening spending time with my
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family, spending time in prayer, and
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just allowing God to order the rest of
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the steps for my day. And so, I hope
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that that maybe has inspired you or
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touched your heart in the same way that
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it touched mine. And just remember that
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Jesus wants our attention more than he
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wants our productivity. So, don't ever
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feel like you, you know, aren't doing
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enough. Do not spend so much time taking
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care of your home that you forget to
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enjoy the people in it and that you
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forget to enjoy God. So, I hope that
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this video and this short passage has
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reminded you that your ordinary work has
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value, but it does not have to be
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perfect. You're simply trying to make
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your home a little bit more peaceful.
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And sometimes that looks like cleaning.
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Sometimes that looks like meal prepping.
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And sometimes it looks like just being
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present with the Lord. And just being
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present with your family. You don't have
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to rush through your life just because
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there's always something waiting to be
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done. Slow down and take your time.
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Enjoy your family. Open the windows.
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Rest when you need to. Just clean one
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room instead of doing a whole house
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clean. And most importantly, invite God
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into the ordinary parts of your day.
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Because sometimes the most beautiful
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parts of our lives are not the perfect
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moments. It's those quiet ones that are
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most intentional, the ones that we
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almost miss because we are often too
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busy. Thank you guys for spending this
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slow day with me and I will see you guys
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in the next one. Happy
