The Small Things

During this winter-sick season, I have struggled to keep my focus.  It is hard to be a stay at home mom at times.  It is hard to see the same rooms...mess...jobs everyday.  It is difficult to not leave the house except to go to the grocery.  Let me tell you that purchasing enough food for a family of nine is no joy ride.  So the one trip out a week to buy food doesn't refresh one purpose in life.   

The Lord has been working on my heart.  I really feel sorry for him.  I haven't been any easy child to work with.  I could blame my lack of focus on lack of sleep, but it is probably just my heart.  It is messy at times. 

 

I am learning that I have a longing to do something BIG for the Lord.  I have a desire to be a figure that he can be proud of, but I have the picture of what this means all wrong.  The Lord spoke to my heart and I pray I allowed it to penetrate into my every being. 



Don't worry. Drew was cooking with the stove top "on" cold:)  He isn't old enough to cook with it hot.

 

It is perfecting the small details in life that makes him proud.  It is about loving the children when they are unlovable.  It is about showing grace when your heart and mind doesn't want to.  It is about having the patience to teach when you could get it down quicker on your own.

Sure, the Lord has called some to be "famous" as they live out the Lord's calling. But for me, he longs for me to be a servant as I accomplish the small things.  He cherishes the times I see the importance of the small.  It is than that I am who he made me to be.