Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.

I'm Jensen Holt McNair.

Every so often my husband and I do these big life check-ins with each other. He's a resident doctor and so time to talk alone

together especially with two little kids is hard to come by.

But still, we try to check in on how the other is doing as often as we can.

It's like a state of the union, but for our lives.

The last one we had was not one of my prouder moments.

Feeling run down and overwhelmed by the addition of a second kid to the family,

I lamented to Sam about how difficult and frustrating my life circumstances were.

It went a little bit like this.

All day, I take care of two little people who never acknowledge what I do,

never say thank you unless I tell them to. I wipe noses and change

diapers and clean vomit off my shirt, the couch, the floor, my hair, and I dance and

sing and clean up toys and I give all of my time and attention to keeping other humans alive and happy and it goes completely unnoticed.

I put my life, my career, my dreams on hold so that our kids could have a parent at home.

Sam couldn't possibly understand how that felt because he works with adults

and is recognized for his contributions to society and so the least he could do was every once in a while

acknowledge all I did for this family. Not my finest moment. It wasn't fair. It didn't acknowledge how much he does for our family or that a lot of times

adults don't say thank you either or the fact that I chose to be with my kids and that when it all

boils down I want to be with my kids and that when it all boils down I want to be with them.

I knew that, but I couldn't help but lash out during our state of the union.

I wanted someone to acknowledge what I do. I wanted someone to take care of me. I wanted to be

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