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YEA FOR ME I GET TO DO CHORES...

"YEA for me I get to do chores!" I know who actually thinks those words let alone says them out loud. My 3 year old. Typically her chores are real limited {pick up your toys, pull laundry out of the dryer} and aren't at all fun like sissy's {feeding the fish, putting away silverware, or sorting laundry} but today I let her sort her laundry basket into the piles I had already started. She loved it and well 95 percent of her clothes go into the pink/red/orange/purple pile anyway. Easy peasy!





Got me thinking do I enter each activity i do with such enthusiasm...."Hooray I get to clean toilets!" I think not! Man I hate when I am called out by my kids to follow what God already has told me to do.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 "Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Jesus Christ."

I can honestly say I have never been thankful for vacuuming or doing dishes or any of the other mundane tasks that often call my name. Maybe I should follow the lead of my children and say YEA for me I get to do..





141. being able to pray with child #1 for Muslim children
142. dinner with friends
143. nap time
144. daddy time and playgrounds
145. grocery shopping ALONE
146. a new vacuum cleaner
147. grandparents who are willing and want to spend time with the kids
148. God's timeless word
149. experiencing God through my kids
150. fellowship with ladies who love Jesus
151. a Starbuck's gift card



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  1. hillAugust 3, 2011 at 4:44 PM

    i cannot imagine tackling those tasks with that good of an attitude. man, our kids can always teach us something, can't they? thanks for linking up!
    xoxo.

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