A Well Balanced... Life

Chapter 4 - "The Good Wife's Guide"

We all know about the importance of eating a well balanced diet.  Making sure we eat from each food group helps us get all of the nutrients our bodies need to be at our optimum performance.

The same goes for our spiritual and day to day living.  We should make it our goal "to be moderate in all things so that we're living a balanced life."  We must balance work with rest and play.

Being a good wife and/or mother takes effort and determination.  And it takes sacrifice.  The road is not always easy but each role we fulfill is most definitely a gift from God.  And when we look at it as such, we will make it our priority and want to invest our time and energy into doing these roles well.

Darlene writes "the bottom line is that change begins in the heart where a battle is constantly taking place.  Our flesh wrestles with our spirit as it attempts to get its own way.  Meanwhile the Spirit directs us to value God and our family, to prioritize them above everything else, and to avoid the tendency we have to be lazy."

The first section of Chapter 4 ends with 1 Peter 5:8.  When I was studying this verse, I found this version in The Message and really liked it.  Satan wants to catch us napping, with our guard down.  When we are not diligent in our daily living, we are like sitting ducks waiting for the roaring lion to pounce on us.

1 Peter 5:8 MSG
Keep a cool head. Stay alert. The Devil is poised to pounce, and would like nothing better than to catch you napping. Keep your guard up.