A High Calling

The role of wife and mother.
It is a high calling.
Many people can do it.
Many can do a good job at it.
But how many will really do it well?
How many will hear "well done my good and faithful servant?"

Those words are my goal, my prize.
I run the race with perseverance. I run the race to the finish.
Just to hear those words.

But what does that really mean...
These are the thoughts that I have been pondering.
How do I embrace these roles and more importantly how do I do them WELL.
This question brings me to my knees.
Asking God for WISDOM - wisdom to anticipate my husband's needs, wisdom to anticipate my sons'  needs, wisdom to know the right responses and GRACE - grace have the right attitude, grace for patience, grace to respond correctly to every situation, and grace to forgive myself when I fail.

One thing I have learned, though, is that part of this is to do every task wholeheartedly and unto the Lord. EVERY TASK. with energy and enthusiasm that springs from the joy of serving those you love.

So today I will pick up tupperware containers off the kitchen floor at least five times, but each time I will try to focus not on WHAT I am doing, but on FOR WHOM I am doing it. Same with laundry and cleaning and the multitude of other tasks that call my name.

But maybe today will be different from yesterday, because today I will have a new attitude and a new energy to my work.

And maybe today, I will do more than just doing my job -
today, I will do it WELL and with my whole heart unto the Lord.

That is my prayer for today and every day.