The Perfect Homemaker.
...oh, that's right, I nearly forgot... there's no such thing.
As much as I want to believe it, as much as I can try to BE it... there's no such thing. I don't always want to wash the sink full of dishes. I don't always feel like sorting through the mounds of laundry that somehow made their way onto our floor in an undecided mix of clean and dirty. And you know what, I really just don't want to make dinner tonight.
I'm never going to be the perfect homemaker... or the perfect daughter and sister... or the perfect daughter of Jesus. I'm a sinner, I mess up, and I'll never be able to rise up to the standards I should.
But does that mean that I shouldn't try? Throw all to the wind and embrace the fact that I fall short but stubbornly ignore the fact that I serve a Holy God who deserves my best?
Jesus, give me strength today to... well, try. When I get discouraged, when I get plain lazy and want to give up. Help me to lean on YOUR strength, and help me to take another step higher and closer to you from wherever I am now. To do the simple ordinary things of the everyday to glorify you, to please you, to love you. Push me to press on.
...oh, that's right, I nearly forgot... there's no such thing.
As much as I want to believe it, as much as I can try to BE it... there's no such thing. I don't always want to wash the sink full of dishes. I don't always feel like sorting through the mounds of laundry that somehow made their way onto our floor in an undecided mix of clean and dirty. And you know what, I really just don't want to make dinner tonight.
I'm never going to be the perfect homemaker... or the perfect daughter and sister... or the perfect daughter of Jesus. I'm a sinner, I mess up, and I'll never be able to rise up to the standards I should.
But does that mean that I shouldn't try? Throw all to the wind and embrace the fact that I fall short but stubbornly ignore the fact that I serve a Holy God who deserves my best?
Jesus, give me strength today to... well, try. When I get discouraged, when I get plain lazy and want to give up. Help me to lean on YOUR strength, and help me to take another step higher and closer to you from wherever I am now. To do the simple ordinary things of the everyday to glorify you, to please you, to love you. Push me to press on.
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