Written By: Joceline Sweeney
I have had a shift in my mind some years ago. I would often look with dread at the various chores I would have to do around the house as a wife, and homeschooling mom of three. To be honest I would sometimes be very put off by some of the chores I was required to do. Laundry would be one of them, as it is a perpetual job that literally is never done. From picking up clothes on the floor; I would grumble that this was ridiculous and why couldn’t anybody just pick it up off the floor or better yet just put it in the hamper in the first place! To when the dryer bell would go off and I was usually in the middle of yet another household responsibility that needed my attention, so I’d have to stop that to go fold another pile of laundry, because if left it would wrinkle and the clothes would look worse than the crumpled pile I had just washed!!!
I certainly needed an attitude adjustment when it came to this area of my life.
So I prayed…
Funny how God is even interested in laundry.
He spoke to me “You know, you don’t really have to do laundry.” I was really thrilled that the Lord was agreeing with me and that He saw it my way. Until He said clearly, “You get too.” Wait am I hearing that correctly…I get too?!? The Lord went on to reveal to me that, yes it was a privilege because I had been blessed with a beautiful family whom I had the honour to take care of. From a hard working husband who comes home exhausted because he’s just put in, yet another twelve hour shift, or has just come back from a fire, where he was at all night and now was too depleted to even put his clothes in the hamper. The only thing he had strength left to do was fall into bed for a few hours before he’d have to get up and do it again. God clearly spoke that those many pairs of socks, pants and shirts that our girls go through every single day was a perfect reminder of my blessings.
So I changed my perspective about laundry and I even took it a step further… Pray while doing laundry.
While folding socks I pray that the Lord would guide their steps. Keeping them on the path toward His Glory. Encompassing them in His protection.
While folding their pants, I pray that the Lord would protect their purity. That He would keep them unto Himself. That they would choose a lifestyle that is honouring to Him.
While folding their shirts I pray that the world’s dirt would not enter their hearts. That they would hide God’s word so deep that nothing would taint it. That the fiery darts that they would encounter would not penetrate them.
Colossians 3:23-
“Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord, rather than for people.”
What area of your life do you need a shift in? Perhaps an attitude adjustment? My suggestion is to pray, but be ready because our God is a God of clarity and He will tell you like it is! Are you ready?
Until Next Time,
~Joceline
Uniquely Yours Ministries 