I was Blessed in my younger days, to be a stay at home Mom when My Girls were little, and for You stay at home Moms, You know what a Big job that can be.

Days of winning babies and making peace between your kids when they are just acting like pure little brats.

Cleaning, cooking, and all the house hold chores can really become a bore.

Staying up late at night just to give yourself some quite time to unwind, before You start all over again the next morning.

It is Our Life, it all revolves around our kids and preparing meals, unending laundry, and being a role model all rolled up in one!

The only other adult we would have contact with the most is our spouses, who got to go out of Mommies World and bring home the bacon, as the old saying goes.

Right after I became a Christian and was striving for My life to reflect the Lord in every way, I had one of those days. The girls were extra hyper and had practically drove me up the walls that day, with their Mommy this and Mommy that. She is doing that or she won't do this. Normal kids squabbles. I was down to my last button for them to push that day, as I was preparing supper before Bud got home from work.

I had already made up my mind what all I was going to share with Him when He got home that night, about the girls bad behavior that day.

All of a sudden I head the Lord speaking to My Heart, be silent even if You have to bite Your Tongue. Bud has worked hard all day making it possible for You to stay Home with Your Girls and He doesn't need to hear all that when He gets home.

I said Yes Lord, I will do my best. I went about preparing supper that night, as I pondered what the Lord had spoken within my heart. I knew He was right and I would obey.

As Bud came through the door that night I had no idea that my tongue was going to be sore by days end. It was a real challenge as we ate supper not to share the turmoil that had occurred that day. That had been my usual dinner topic each night.

I bit my tongue so many times to obey the Lords command. I would open my mouth out of habit to tell Bud some of the bad things that had went on that day, and would catch myself and bite my tongue, so peace could stay!

It was the best supper that we had together in a long time, we laughed and enjoyed being a Family as we ate. There was Peace at that table that night and the frustrations of the day seem to fade out of sight.

As I had My Prayer time that night I thanked the Lord for telling me to be silent. I had a sore tongue but a joyful heart, as peace rested upon My house that night.

My Tongue stayed sore for months, until I had it trained to be silent. You see Bud worked hard all day, and had to be away, and the thing He needed most when He got home was a peaceful place of love and rest.

That lesson changed My Heart and taught me to be silent, for My Bud deserved to be treated like the King of His Castle when He came home.

I had chosen to be a stay at home Mom, and my duties were to do all the things necessary to keep peace and harmony in My Home, even if it meant biting my tongue to keep silent.

There is a little quote that I have heard that said, "The woman sets the thermostat in Her home. She can fire it up, keep it cool or have it just right, by the attitudes of Her Heart each day!"

My Girls are all grown and have families of their own, but that lesson I still apply when My Bud comes home from work. He is still the King in Our Castle to my delight, because I was told to be silent by the Lord that night!