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Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Galatians 6:9
There is some new technique or strategy or adventure to set out on every day you log into the internet. Every blogger has an idea for how we should spend our days. A constant barrage of new keeps us busy, distracted.
And bored with what doesn’t change on a regular basis. Like doing the dishes. The vacuuming. The laundry. The shopping.
At least I find that true in my life. There is sameness to running my home. Everything is done, then undone every day. I struggle with resentment.
Instead of doing some grand project (like writing the next best selling novel) I’m JUST doing the dishes. Again.
How can I grow in faith instead of giving in to this attitude?
This morning, I had a thought. Change my thinking about it. Why not think of all these little things as traditions? I usually think about traditions in connection with the holidays. Those special things that keep people tied to home in their hearts. Why not daily traditions of service and love? Of pointing my family to Jesus in the little things?
Its not in the big moments our faith is established,
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I remembered a piece I wrote when my kids were young about being a busy mom and God telling me how important all those over and over things are. (I just wish I didn’t keep forgetting this!) Here is a portion I want to share with you:
I cried out to the Lord, “What am I doing to make a difference?” And the Lord gently answered me. “When people see me, they see the Father and when your children watch you, they’re learning about me.”
When you seek Me first and throughout the day,
they learn that I do guide and direct and make paths straight.
When you cook their meals 3 times a day,
they learn about My provision.
When you clean your house,
they learn that dirt washes off (one way to understand My forgiveness).
When you say you’re sorry after overreacting to their antics,
they learn the importance of humbling themselves before Me.
When you carve out time for naps and quiet in your day,
they learn to be still and listen to My voice.
When you serve your neighbor,
they learn about My heart to serve.
When you work to keep peace in the home,
they learn that I bless the peacemakers.
When you respond with grace to interruptions,
they learn to trust Me with the day.
When you get up with them in the middle of the night,
whether its sickness, fear or a wet bed, they learn that I never sleep.
When you do things over and over and over and over,
they learn about My steadfastness.
And finally He reminds me that,
“whatever you do for the least of these, my children, you do for me.”
Does boredom make its way into the over and over aspects of your life? How do you keep the right attitude about it?
