In an interview with Dr James Dobson the author Emilie Barnes relates that she found herself frustrated and overwhelmed as a young mother. The house was a mess and by the time the children were put to bed she could not point to what she had actually accomplished in the day.  She prayed sincerely for how she could commit her day, her children, her husband, and her work to the Lord.  She says:

So I began, first of all, from that time when I had those five little babies under five years old, I began to get up before dawn, as Proverbs 31 says, and I spent that little time with the Lord. And I committed my day, my works unto him. And it was because of that that all of a sudden things began to get put together. The days that I spent that five or ten minutes with the Lord, gave him my day, those children, emergencies, interruptions, all the things that were going on in my life, it seemed by the end of the day I'd had time for a nap or to sit down and read a magazine. My meals were in order. My family seemed to be happier. Now, it wasn't perfect every day, but the days that I really committed my life and my works were the days that I found success at the end of the day.