Crumbs & Dishes

Why care about crumbs and dirty dishes, toys or books out of place? Why fret about those 'little' things? Why take an unwashed dish left without thought on a kitchen counter as a personal offence? Why watch mustard be squirted on a shirt or a nose cleaned on a sleeve or mouth covered in jam and feel the weight of another load of laundry quickly begin to pile in our minds and why does it matter? What other purpose should be close to my heart that that of caring for my family & home? What else could be more important? Why wish for no chores, no laundry, nothing to tidy? Why the care of repeating those activities several times a day? I often think about Mary and Martha...and imagine that Martha did all the work and Mary just sat all day...and if I were more like Mary, who would make sure dinner was made, groceries were bought and the laundry was washed, folded and back in the drawers in the same week? To be a Mary & a Martha...start the day as Mary, spend the day thinking like Mary, ending the day like Mary and getting all the chores done like Martha...or something like that? Sinning in the name of a tidy house? If an important person were to visit, would my house have to be perfect? What about the most important people in my house? Do they prefer crumbs and lots of cuddles and stories or a tidy house and an exhausted mother? How to balance it all in love, day by day seeking to walk in the Lord? The answer:  Very Prayerfully. Have a blessed week sisters.♥