"How is this work supposed to help me learn about God?" I often wonder how the mundane tasks of daily life are building my relationship with Christ? I'm not a particularly good housekeeper and don't even ask about cooking. Still, pray always, right? It's tough - scrubbing toilets, digging hair out of drains, looking for 197 lost socks.....The above question was actually posed to a parent by one of our young atrium children, yet it's been on my mind. Yesterday, I realized that I can scrub toilets because we have indoor plumbing, which a few of my relatives lacked when I was very young. Those socks - we have an abundance! I'm grateful for whoever invented the washer and dryer - and for the sunshine that dries my clothes on the line. As for cooking, our stove top decided it was time for retirement 9 days ago. We were able to find a replacement via our local scratch and dent reseller and it arrived last week - phew. I allowed myself to think about how many hands were involved in bringing that cooktop into our home. May the Lord bless them all!
God is there in the ordinary, if we have but eyes to see. Praying I allow myself to be found in the seemingly endless everyday things as these days grow shorter and we tumble ever closer to Advent.
