The Mission of Motherhood - Verses to Ponder

I have been reading "The Mission of Motherhood: Touching Your Child's Heart for Eternity" by Sally Clarkson. Currently I have finished chapter 3. So far it has been a very insightful, encouraging, and challenging book. At the end of each chapter are thought provoking questions with Bible verses. As I have been challenged by these, I thought others too could benefit from studying these verses. (Note the verses are referenced to in the book, but these questions are my own ponderings. To find out what Sally Clarkson has said, you'll have to read the book!)

Psalm 127:1, 3 ~
¹Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.- What is the secret to the success of a Godly family?
³Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

The secret to the success of a godly family is that the parents allow God to design/build their home. How often do we as Christians try to design our families our way? In a way that best suits us? Even in the way that we view children. God views children as a reward, a heritage. We may say the same thing, but is that really how we act from day to day. When the milk is spilled for the 5th time, when the toys are piled 1ft high across the living room floor, when little hands and mouths and clamoring for your attention while you are on the phone, when little voices are asking you to read a book (for the 10th time) when you are working on the computer, when children disrupt plans and cause more work are they really viewed as a blessing and reward, or are they viewed as an annoyance and a hindrance? I know that really hit home to me.