something that has been on my heart lately is the mundane. those things that are routine and constant
those things that for a large part, make up life.
sometimes I catch myself dreading them. and then I remind myself,
"this, this is life."
take the mother, the father, the bus-driver, the street-sweeper ( I think I must have talked about this before), the servant, the brother
and it reminds me that, even in the simplest parts, they are God's grounds for showing his glory. and they can be spruced up to make Him look good
(perhaps this is why I find my Mom singing in the kitchen, or my Grandpa whistling?)
often I have felt that these small mundane things are useless and insignificant when it comes to the Kingdom but then I imagined life without the dentist or the eye-doctor, or my mother who sowed seeds of the gospel as she folded my laundry when I was young or Jamin who is so deliberate in setting his words like gold, his "good mornings" are nutritious and full of love - His tone of voice, servant like.
Without the good men and woman doing the mundane things well, this world would be chaos. and Rod seems to think that peace in Chaos is what the Christian is. Shade. Water. Shalom. I agree with him.
I have found myself doing a lot of mundane things lately. In fact, daily.
and I am going to see them as worthy and large as evangelism.
3 comments:
When I was unemployed I often thought about what to do next, and I wanted it to be something big for God. One day it hit me that doing the best you can at any job is an encouragement to anybody you work with, and that encouraging people is one of the big things in God's book. As is laboring faithfully even in the areas nobody may notice but you and God. And those things are part of evangelism.
i needed to hear this today. i've been struggling so much with motherhood as being somehow less meaningful or significant to the kingdom, as though i'm failing in my missional and incarnational calling to this neighborhood by choosing to start a family and tend to it well.
and you put some weight back onto it for me with these words. thank you, i'm chewing on it.
you betcha. That's why I see cleaning my house from top to bottom as such a hugh act of worship. He is glorified as we are simpified!!
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