Ever wake up saying... "ugh...I have to go to work?"
WE ALL HAVE!!!! Ever look in your kitchen and say, "ugh...I have so many dishes to do.." or...as I often think "I JUST cleaned the kitchen...and now it's time for another meal to mess it up." Oh, yes, I'm so guilty of thinking that negative little thought in my head and on more than one occasion. Let's get real for a moment....we all grumble at the sight of work at one point or another. I do...you do...we all do and have...
But, lately in my head I've been saying "may the work of my hands be done in love" we've all heard that little phrase but lately it's taken on so much meaning for me.
Kids...a family...being a productive member of our society requires work...it just does. It requires we mess our kitchens up...our homes...our cars...it requires little messes. But, what if we put a more positive spin on these little "messes?"
DIshes...I really dislike dishes...and folding laundry...yep, those are the two things I just cannot seem to find any joy in doing.Bless Rob, he always tries to step in and take on those tasks...but with 4 of us he just cannot do it all...it's a shared responsibility and I'm just grateful he cares enough to step in and help. So...maybe instead of saying "well...my kitchen is a mess again" or "it's clean now...don't mess it up!" Maybe we could say... "alright...the kitchen is clean..and it's ready to feed my family again..." or "the laundry needs to be folded so my family has nice clean clothes." Maybe if we do things more out of love instead of haste and spite we might learn to enjoy the work that is given to us.
As a full time Mom I know the work gets redundant....meals always need to be prepared...laundry will always exists but, we can learn to be thankful for the work and learn to do it out of love.
So, today...thank you God for the BIG blessing of a family...a family that I get to work for...that I get to care for....thank you for the dishes and the food that always needs to be tended to...thank you for the blessing of tons of clothes to wash....
Have a great day!
WE ALL HAVE!!!! Ever look in your kitchen and say, "ugh...I have so many dishes to do.." or...as I often think "I JUST cleaned the kitchen...and now it's time for another meal to mess it up." Oh, yes, I'm so guilty of thinking that negative little thought in my head and on more than one occasion. Let's get real for a moment....we all grumble at the sight of work at one point or another. I do...you do...we all do and have...
But, lately in my head I've been saying "may the work of my hands be done in love" we've all heard that little phrase but lately it's taken on so much meaning for me.
Kids...a family...being a productive member of our society requires work...it just does. It requires we mess our kitchens up...our homes...our cars...it requires little messes. But, what if we put a more positive spin on these little "messes?"
DIshes...I really dislike dishes...and folding laundry...yep, those are the two things I just cannot seem to find any joy in doing.Bless Rob, he always tries to step in and take on those tasks...but with 4 of us he just cannot do it all...it's a shared responsibility and I'm just grateful he cares enough to step in and help. So...maybe instead of saying "well...my kitchen is a mess again" or "it's clean now...don't mess it up!" Maybe we could say... "alright...the kitchen is clean..and it's ready to feed my family again..." or "the laundry needs to be folded so my family has nice clean clothes." Maybe if we do things more out of love instead of haste and spite we might learn to enjoy the work that is given to us.
As a full time Mom I know the work gets redundant....meals always need to be prepared...laundry will always exists but, we can learn to be thankful for the work and learn to do it out of love.
So, today...thank you God for the BIG blessing of a family...a family that I get to work for...that I get to care for....thank you for the dishes and the food that always needs to be tended to...thank you for the blessing of tons of clothes to wash....
Have a great day!