Handpicked With Love

Samantha has an adorable shirt we purchased for Embassy Day. It's from Gymboree's Cherry Line (I think!) and it says "Handpicked With Love". As I read today's on-line devotional from Proverbs 31 Ministries, I was reminded of that shirt. Not only was Samantha handpicked with love by God, for our family, I, too, was handpicked with love. Picked by God to be the mom to 4 (soon to be 5) precious children.

Today is laundry day. Well, it's the start of laundry week really! I used to be able to do laundry two days a week. How is it that one very small person can increase the laundry output in this house so that my washer and dryer now run all week long?!? Anyway, as I face piles of laundry that will just get dirty again, it's easy to get discouraged. So much of being a mommy is redoing what I just did a few days (or hours) ago. Sometimes I feel defeated before I even begin. But today, I was reminded that I'm building a legacy. I may be overlooked by the world, or even by my family, but God sees the tasks I tackle every day. I am shaping His kingdom by being a mommy. I'm worshipping Him by walking where He's asked me to walk and gladly doing what He's asked me to do.

I'm hand-picked with love to be right where I'm at, serving and loving His future disciples. It is an honor and a priviledge.

Blessings,

Deuteronomy 10:12-15 -- "And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you? He requires you to fear him, to live according to his will, to love and worship him with all your heart and soul, and to obey the Lord's commands and laws that I am giving you today for your own good. The highest heavens and the earth and everything in it all belong to the Lord your God. Yet the Lord chose your ancestors as the objects of his love. And he chose you, their descendants, above every other nation, as is evident today.