More often than not, on any day of the week, you will probably find me in the kitchen. I am sure to have frizzy hair and a red, sweaty face. Most likely my dark pants will have a floury handprint or two on them. I may be making a batch of flour tortillas or whipping up some more yogurt or stirring granola––okay, maybe all of the above at the same time and ruining most of it in my cooking frenzy.
If I’m not in those places, I’m probably at the gate visiting with a neighbor or at the grocery store trying to find that one ingredient that the stores in town suddenly stopped carrying or bartering at the fruit market for mangoes.
People often ask me what I do all day. Actually, my day-to-day life is pretty ordinary. Redundant. Mundane. I’m a stay-at-home mom who happens to live in Indonesia.
God has been patiently teaching me that the work He has given me to do daily is indeed ministry and it is big––to my husband, my kids, my neighbors, and, most importantly, to the Lord. He desires my full attention and faithfulness to the work set before me because, to Him, it is an important ministry––a ministry He is equipping me to do with excellence.
Who needs big stories when you know you are serving a Big God?
“Work hard and cheerfully at all you do, just as though you were working for the Lord and not merely for your masters, remembering that it is the Lord Christ who is going to pay you, giving you your full portion of all he owns. He is the one you are really working for.” — Colossians 4:23,24 (NLT)
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Keep up the Good work momma! The right perspective makes all the difference!
May our awesome God continue to strengthen you and lead you as you train/teach/lead your dear little ones !
Thanks for sharing your heart, all for the glory of God!