"Sacred"

I've always really liked the group Caedmon's Call. For Christmas I was given their latest CD, but only recently have taken the time to listen to it. One of the songs, "Sacred," really jumped out to me, as it talks about the life of a stay at home mom. I think it is so easy to get caught up in the day to day routine of being at home...diapers, grocery shopping, cooking, nursing, baths, naptimes, cranky babies...that it becomes easy to forget just how precious each moment is. This song has reminded me that each day I get to spend with Sadie Beth and hopefully at least a few more little ones is indeed sacred. I LOVE my job...really I wouldn't change anything. I am so blessed.

Below are the lyrics to the song with some images from our days that come to my mind when I hear it. I hope these words are as much of a blessing to my blog-reading-mommy-friends as they have been to me!

this house is a good mess

it’s the proof of life

no way would I trade jobs

but it don’t pay overtimeI’ll get to the laundry

I don’t know when

I’m saying a prayer tonight

cause tomorrow it starts again

could it be that everything is sacred?

and all this time

everything I’ve dreamed of

has been right before my eyes

the children are sleeping

but they’re running through my mind

the sun makes them happy

and the music makes them unwind

my cup runneth over

and I worry about the stain

teach me to run to You

like they run to me for every little thing

when I forget to drink from You

I can feel the banks harden

Lord, make me like a stream

to feed the garden

wake up, little sleeper

the Lord, God Almighty

made your Mama keeper

so rise and shine

rise and shine cause

everything is sacred

and all this time

everything I’ve dreamed of

has been right before my eyes

In other news, the Balzer world has changed in the last 48 hours.....Sadie Beth has gone from being pretty immobile to sitting up and CRAWLING!!! We were kindof wondering if she would ever crawl, but watch out because here she comes!