We can't do it all. We can't have it all. We can't be it all. This is important for us to not only accept for ourselves, but also communicate to our children. Do we want them to have the best education possible? Absolutely. Do we want them to have it exclusively? Absolutely not. What good is it to gain the whole world and yet forfeit our soul? As a parent, I want to give my child everything, yet I don't want him to be entitled. I want him to work hard at math, yet I don't want him to hate it. I long for him to do hard things, yet I want them to come easy. Do you see the problems here? Our children know more about our struggles than we admit. If we don't show them how to rejoice in the will of God, especially when it's hard, then how will they learn to be thankful for the rewards of the hard work of obedience? If we don't show them how we've pushed through hard tasks, how can we expect them to do hard things? Hard work begets more hard work, true. But it also begets strong work ethic, good character, and learned perseverance.
We can't do it all, but we can do what God has placed before us to do. Whether that's reading the bible out loud to our children, taking a break for a walk, or pushing through a hard math lesson. Everything that we do has a purpose.
We can't have it all, but we can have peace with God. Salvation through Christ isn't just applicable on Sunday, it's also available to us when we struggle to hold everything together. When we persevere with obedience we store up treasures in heaven.
We can't be it all, but we can be an earthly example of unconditional love to our children. Godly character is evidence that we have an unwavering identity in Christ. He has taken our shifty searches for identity and replaced them with himself.
Hard work brings forth great rewards when we work through it rather than avoid it.