February 25, 2012
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Washing dishes and the lordship of Christ
“Jesus Christ is Lord over my heart, and he is Lord over my hands,and he is Lord over what I do with these hands, and he is Lord over what I say in my heart while I’m doing it. In submitting to the lordship of Christ, then, I do not treat washing dishes as wasting time I could be spending doing something ‘meaningful,’ but rather as a service to those who eat in my home, as a service to those who would have to wash dishes if I did not, and as an offering of thanksgiving to God that I have food to eat, dishes to eat it on, and running water inside my home to clean with. “
Comments (4)
I usually don’t think of any of that when I wash the dishes. After almost 40 years of being married, I just do them. It is kind of an automatic thing. But, you have given me something to think about. I guess I never saw it as a way to serve others.
Thanks!
We take so many blessings for granted, running hot water among them.
We do take so many blessing for granted. Thanks for reminding us that everything we do should be unto Him and never a waste of time.
yes… everything should,be done unto Him. It definitely takes self out of the equation.