“Remember as you’re cleaning—as you’re ironing, as you’re sewing, as you’re picking up, as you’re painting, as you’re beautifying your home, as you’re doing things to make your home attractive, remember that you’re painting a picture for your children—a picture of God.
You’re demonstrating to your children in ways that penetrate deep into their hearts, the heart of God, the ways of God, and you’re increasing the likelihood that your children will grow up to love God and to want to be like Him.
You’re demonstrating parables of spiritual life to your children as you work with your hands, as you serve in your home. When you prepare food for your family, you’re demonstrating to them that God is a faithful provider.
When you’re being quality conscious in the things that you purchase, you’re showing your children the excellence of the character of God.
As you are orderly, you are teaching your children that God is a God of order.
When you clean things up in your home, when you keep a clean home, you’re showing your children the importance of purity, holiness of heart, of being clean and washed before God.
When you’re disciplined in your life and habits and schedule and the time you get up and the time you go to bed according to the way that God has directed your family, you’re teaching your children that the Christian life requires discipline. You are teaching them that you can’t just stay in bed and become spiritual. It requires effort and cooperation with God’s Spirit to develop godly habits, patterns, and sanctification in our lives.
When you reach out your hands…to the poor and the needy and you’re ministering to the needs of others, you’re showing your children the heart of God for those who are poor and needy and oppressed.
There is indeed no mundane task! Every task assigned to you is spiritual and paints a picture of God!”
From No Mundane Tasks by Nancy Leigh Demoss
3 comments:
That's lovely.
I love that!
Why can't we live closer together and be better friends? When I read that comment you posted, I was in the process of eating a cookie. I'm right there with you. I think I need to focus on what's important, and sometimes the little things will slip. Maybe slip five or six times a day...
I love this article. The beauty of the degree I earned was that we talked every day about the importance and value in mothering, parenting, and having a happy stable family the way The Proclamation and the scriptures have outlined it. There's really no greater joy than that, which is probably why I get so frustrated with the insignificance of work problems.
Anyway, we're coming home this Friday, and my mom was talking about having a going away party for my brother while we're there, so maybe we'll get to see eachother? I hope so!
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