Days Like These

It's days like these that are preceded with much hype about getting it ALL done!  You see, on days like today, my boys are in the care of some fabulous people at our church.  A couple days a week they are there and I am here...at home...soaking in the quiet.  And I'm supposed to be doing all the things I can't do when there's a 3 year old in the front bathroom who's "doooooooone!"  Or when the baby is hanging on my leg whining "I hold you...I hold you".  You see, on days like these I should be the most productive.

Some of my quiet days I am busy as a bee.  I can accomplish sooo much and I stand in my living room when I'm all finished and pose like I've conquered Mt. Everest.  Somebody...quick...take a picture!  Then I bring home the youngsters and it's all undone in a matter of moments.  I once heard that cleaning a house while you have toddlers is like shoveling snow in in a blizzard.  I feel that way sometimes. Alas, the toilet still must be scrubbed and, for heaven's sake, someone's GOT to vacuum the dog hair and grass clippings off that rug before I go crazy!

I wouldn't trade these days, or those, for anything though.  I'm content.  I think about the scripture in Colossians 3:23-24 that says "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord and not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward.  It is the Lord Christ you are serving."  So, I'm working at this with ALL my heart!  Whether the "work" be scrubbing the toilet, spraying the kitchen for ants (that seem to really enjoy the baby's leftovers), vacuuming for the umpteenth time this week or just working at being peaceful and still on the couch with my eyes shut.  That IS work!  I am doing all I can to do these things as though I were doing them for the Lord.  I'm not sure that His kingdom has dirty toilets or rummaging ants but...you get the picture.  I can have joy in doing the work when I know that my reward comes from Him.

So, whistle while you work today!  I did!  And the lines I mowed in the front yard are almost straight!  Because I did it as though I were mowing the Savior's lawn. Because, let's face it...if it were up to me...we'd just live in a jungle!