The new order

It naturally got to a stage when we needed to take a call on this house help issue.  We tried several over the years, some better than others, but usually each with her own peculiar character.  We experienced all sorts; even some horrid episodes you probably don’t want to hear.  We decided not to have any live in with us, and considered having a visiting maid.  Luckily the children were older with the eldest about 11yrs and the youngest about 5yr s at this time.

 In no time, we adjusted to our routine. Everyone took on a bit more responsibility, including the children.  Interestingly, this was a great ‘maturing’ time for the children.  My first daughter at the time had started feeling very much like a ‘big’ girl, wanting every opportunity to prove to me that ‘mummy, don’t worry, we can handle it’. She took charge of things quite easily (I must say I enjoyed it), her immediate junior sister will readily align most of the time, but she had her little brother to cope with, as he will keep throwing things around and daring her.  What a fight they had!

The best part of this perhaps, was that they all learnt to do basic household chores and also to cook. They had a lot of trial opportunities burning several pots along the line, but these all paid off.

I was amazed at my son’s cooking skills at the age of 7. He could make his basic meals and surprisingly with the right measure of salt.  His frequent disagreement with his sister forced him into trying his recipes, till he perfected his act.

The lesson in these for me is that children really have the capacity to do more than we often allow them to do and they definitely will learn a lot more by having the freedom to do stuffs  and in fact being ‘put in charge’ sometimes is the needed  motivation to spur them into action.

Prayer point;  O Lord, give me the wisdom to train my children aright, help them to learn day by day and be useful to themselves and others in Jesus name. Amen.