A Great Reminder about Finding Blessings in the Everyday

I love what Edie wrote today at Life in Grace! Hop on over to her blog and check it out!

Here is a little preview of what she had to say about the blessings of the mundane tasks of being a wife and mom!

"...You know the list. Laundry, cooking, dishes, schooling, a wee bit of knitting, a whole lot of reading and even the noble task of rearing young girls in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. It’s quite noble work but it’s so easy to despise it. To wish it away while daydreaming about grandiose plans and schemes.

Today, I choose to relish it.

I hold the laundry tight and inhale extra long and think about the love that is modeled when a woman washes the same clothes over and over, day in, day out—-almost touching something sacred—-this washing and consecrating of materials things for a noble and good purpose. The renewal that comes from being clean. My heart aches for that washing too. Perhaps it’s a blessed thing, this daily rhythm of life. We love the grand scale, the best days, the shiny things. The bright newness of God’s blessed restoration.

But what about all those ordinary days? Where is God then?

He always chooses the ordinary things to do his greatest work..."

the passage above was written by Edie at Life in Grace