I have company coming today. My 3 girls, my mom, and my 3 precious grand babies. This is our weekly get-together. Since they are coming, I must straighten the house, sweep, and vacuum, dishes, and my lest favorite chore, dusting. I hate dusting. It is pointless, as within seconds, it starts to accumulate. And to make it worse, I have a wood stove, so not only do I have dust, I have gray, fuzzy, grimy dust. You should see my ceiling fan!
'With meekness, humility, and diligence, apply yourself to the duties of your condition. They are the seemingly little things which make no noise that do the business.' Henry More
'Whatever you do in word or deed, do all the the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.' Colossians 3.17
'Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord, rather than men...it is the Lord Christ you serve.' Colossians 3. 23, 25
The daily littles, the routine, and mundane, when done in thanksgiving, heartily, it becomes a form of worship, unto the Lord. Perhaps cleaning up the gray, fuzzy, grimy dust, will be a reminder of the internal grim, whereby seeking forgiveness, receiving grace, I can go about my daily littles with joyful, heart-filled thanksgiving. Where is that dust rag?
PS- Good words, Mr. Henry More, but I bet you didn't have to do the dusting.
i hate dusting too it was my job growing up and i have always not enjoyed it, and i too have a wood stove and know that ugly dust....
ReplyDeleteand i don't dust often enough....
i am glad that you can spend time each week with your family.
that is a blessing to be thankful for.
B.
Julia, you know, when I was little, I remember my mom dusting, and I was amazed when the sun would shine through the window and I would see all the dust in the sunlight?? Know what I mean? Well, at THAT time, I thought it was wonderful lol, but NOW it gives me the feeling of being out of control, can't keep it on the dust rag. All perspective. When I was child..... lol, Karen
ReplyDeleteBecki, I am very grateful to be close enough to my girls that we can see each other at least once a week. It truly is a blessing.
ReplyDeleteHa! Karen, I can remember watching the dust in the sunlight as a kid too. It was so intriguing. What were we thinking?
Hey girl!
ReplyDeleteI think dusting is my least favorite of all cleaning chores...I always save it for last, or sometimes never! LOL! Thanks for adding my button to your sidebar:)
enjoy this day!
Deb