"Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Ephesians 5:15 NIV"

Dear Brides, this week I was trying to make the most of my schedule (https://hopeatlast.com/c3/w-h/chapter-6-making-the-most-of-schedule-number-your-days/) by learning from the book workers at home ( https://hopeatlast.com/c3/w-h/).

I can relate to what the author said “The enemy is a thief! Since you have prayed for help in your life, and God has answered you by giving you a new plan, then undoubtedly the enemy will come in to try to mess it up. When God started showing me a new thing to do, there were always trials with it and many times I would stop or feel discouraged to continue with God’s plan. Again, I forget that it is a spiritual battle, and I was reminded in this lesson of the importance of thanking God for adversity and rejoicing. Definitely is something that I knew about, but did not come often to mind Instead felt bitten down a discouraged, with this lesson also realized that I needed not only to put my life in order but also needed a plan of action for days that I experience an emotional and spiritual attack. I need the whole armor of God. Planning for the next day the night before and scheduling the time that I should wake the boys, eat breakfast, and the time that we should leave, together with allowing plenty of time, have helped us to be on time to school and drastically reduced the amount of stress experienced before when I tried to make the boys arrive on time to school. Also, when we were always running late, I was not being so patient with the boys, and many times, the contentiousness would come out.

Having the organizer big enough also helped me, because I could fit everything there including the planning of the meal and how to do it for the week, and the information that it contains is handy because we can easily share it with close relatives or with E.H when he is looking after the kids.

The organizer that I got is also a plastic hard cover, which prevents it from getting in bad shape or condition. E.H. filed for divorce is pending, I am still legally married so I got a husband section. Having a husband section also helped me because sometimes there are so many requests from E.H. that I forget, but my Love helps me by reminding me of that often and providing me with a way to do it. I greatly appreciate it because before I would exhaust myself trying to accommodate all the E.H. requests to win him back, now is great that I can rest and my Love leads me on what to do, making sure I do not forget anything.

My Love also led me to create a section called “Commitments” in my organizer that helped me to see the things that I had not put much work into and that I should pay more attention to and take it seriously.