God is just funny awesome sometimes. Even in the little areas of our life, He just chooses to show us His love, and that He is very involved in our lives, yes, even the life of a stay at home mom. Yesterday the hubby and I went on a crossover trip where we took the 6th going into 7th grade students who are going into the youth group to a water park. This water park is called Splash Kingdom, and it encourages it's patrons to first Seek the Kingdom using Matthew 6:33 in it's advertisements. They play Christian radio throughout the park all day long. It is a small park with a great family atmosphere. So much so we even let the kids go around in pairs or more if they wanted. All in all a great trip.
Back to my story. We were on the way back, listening to KLOVE, the local christian radio station when I heard the lyrics to a song come up and then the artist start talking about them over the song. I was trying to listen to Mark, listen to the lyrics over the artist, and all the time thinking, he is singing about my life! I never caught the name of the song, but I knew it was Steven Curtis Chapman. I said I would look it up later. As soon as we got home, we picked up the baby, showered, and headed across the street for a prayer meeting and fellowship with some friends. It was a great time, something I am so thankful to God for. Once that was over, Reid and I headed to the youth building to go get Mark, who had left the get together early to go practice praise band for the next day, and found him, along with my brother, playing in there. Adam was downloading some songs from his computer to a jump drive for Mark to download. I took it from him, then once we were finally home and had the baby in bed, I decided to upload them to my laptop. One of the CD of songs that was on there was Steven Curtis Chapman's new CD Re:created. And wouldn't you know the first song on there was the one I had heard earlier!!!! It is called "Do Everything" and I fell in love right away. Here is the first part of the lyrics. Doesn't the first part just sound like the life of a stay at home mom?
You’re picking up toys on the living room floor
for the 15th time today
Matching up socks and sweeping up lost
Cheerios that got away
You put a baby on your hip and color on your lips
and head out the door
And while I may not know you I bet I know you
Wonder sometimes does it matter at all
We’ll let me remind you it all matters just as long as you
Do everything you do to the glory of the One who made you
Cause He made you to do
Every little thing that you do to bring a smile to His face
And tell the story of grace
With every move that you make
And every little thing you do
It was such a good reminder and such wonderful way for God to speak straight to my heart, that yes what I am doing matters. Yes following His will for my life and staying at home matters to Him, it matters in eternity, I am making a difference even if it is just sweeping up the Cheerios that got away. It also helps me to keep right attitude as do stay at home, that I am supposed to do everything as if working for Him and not for men (and wouldn't you know that is also what I read this morning in my quiet time in Col 3:23).
All in all it has been a great week for me. I have been working on not keeping tally and finding joy in doing things for my family. It has been my prayer and God has been so faithful to provide. It isn't an overnight thing, it has been a process, but it's wonderful.
Here is the whole song if you want to read it. You can also go here to listen to it, and here to hear the story behind the song.
You’re picking up toys on the living room floor
for the 15th time today
Matching up socks and sweeping up lost
Cheerios that got away
You put a baby on your hip and color on your lips
and head out the door
And while I may not know you I bet I know you
Wonder sometimes does it matter at all
We’ll let me remind you it all matters just as long as you
Do everything you do to the glory of the One who made you
Cause He made you to do
Every little thing that you do to bring a smile to His face
And tell the story of grace
With every move that you make
And every little thing you do
OOoh ooooh oooooh
Maybe you’re that guy with the suit and tie
Maybe your shirt says your name
You may be hooking up mergers, cooking up burgers
But at the end of the day
Little stuff big stuff in between stuff
God sees it all the same
And while I may not know you I bet I know you
Wonder sometimes does it matter at all
We’ll let me remind you it all matters just as long as you do
Everything you do to the glory of the One who made you
Cause He made you
To do every little thing that you do to bring a smile to His face
And tell the story of grace with every move that you make
And every little thing that you do
Well maybe you’re sitting in math class
Maybe anekatips on a mission in the Congo
Maybe you’re working at the office
Singing along with the radio
Maybe you’re dining at a five star
Or feeding orphans in Myanmar
Anywhere and everywhere you are
Whatever you do it all matters
So do what you do and don’t ever forget
to do
Everything you do to the glory of the One who made you
Cause He made you to do
Every little thing that you do to bring a smile to His face
And tell the story of grace as you do
Everything you do to the glory of the One who made you
Cause He made you to do
Every little thing that you do to bring a smile to His face
And tell the story of grace with every move that you make
And every little thing that you do
Ooh oooooh
Every little thing you do
