God is in the business of changing me to make me more like Himself. Romans 12:2 says to be “transformed by the renewing of your mind”. He wants to change my thinking, my perspective, the way I look at my life and the world around me.
I recently read a post, Why I Find Myself Staring at Jars of Yogurt, that spoke of this very thing from the perspective of a mother with young children.
Sharon, my cousin, writes…
Although I’ve been working from 5:00 am until long after dark, I find it hard to point back to any physical evidence of the things I’ve poured myself into.
How do I measure what I do every day? If I spend an hour making “cakes” and pizzas” with my boys, in the end we squish it all up and put the play dough back in their tubs. And although you can’t tell when you walk in the door, I actually did spend an hour picking up toys and strewn laundry and even did a spot of cleaning today! I made three square meals from “scratch” and even a batch of cookies but you won’t find the results stacked in my fridge, freezer, or pantry. Somehow… mysteriously…they are already gone! And how do you really measure all the patience it took to brush the teeth of a two-year-old who thinks he can do everything himself, or answer a four-year-old’s question (for the fifth time that day) about why it rains, or spoon feed a babbling, daydreaming ten-month-old baby a mashed banana as she occasionally swats at the food?
I was encouraged to hear Sharon’s heart because I could completely relate, being that I have two boys of my own. God is continually teaching me that it’s not about finishing off my “To Do List” but rather about accomplishing what He has for me each day.
