I've been under the notion that it was just myself, my husband, and my children going overseas... that I wouldn't be able to take any friends with me. Well, I realized the other day that I was very mistaken. For as the Lord, and those who know me, can testify- the 'ordinary' kitchen broom is one of my dearest friends and will most certainly be accompanying me to the jungle!
I will probably have two or three. One for my kitchen. And another one that I might very well snuggle with in bed. And maybe a third tucked away for that inevitable moment when I break the first (and second) one.
Oh-- did you think I was going to break it by sweeping the floor? :)
The other day, a friend of ours who is also heading toward the jungle shared her own spider-killing method. It involved violently throwing a magazine down on top of the beast, followed by attacking the magazine with a sandal, followed by squishing the entire concoction down through the floorboards with "long tongs" and 'asking someone else to check the carcass in the morning'. :) Highly amusing, yes! But right up my alley!
I just may have to decorate the broom I take with creativity and perhaps a calming Scripture verse... or maybe a verse about how God will one day break and shatter the teeth and bones of the wicked (see, a motivational, emboldening verse!).
Anyway, the broom also reminds me of how the daily routine can seem so incredibly mundane at times. Granted, for me, I haven't had much routine these last few years. But daily chores and housekeeping and child-wiping and discipline and...and...and... can certainly feel wearisome and thankless. I especially think of all my friends who don't have continual transitions like I do. As you walk His path for you of being a wife and mother, you are given the opportunity to be completely faithful to Him in your very important work.
Another friend of mine wrote this inspiring word just the other day:
The hardest part about being a stay at home Mama is the monotony of doing the same thing every day, knowing my work will not be evident for very long at all, and then strumming up the inspiration to do it all over again. The best part is I work with three of my favorite people in the whole world!
I hope we can all encourage one another toward love and good deeds, as He Himself encourages us to do in His Word! Maybe each time we pick up our broom we can think of and pray for one another. Maybe I will write your names on my broom handle. :) And whatever horrid creature is at the other end of that broom... may I always be faithful to Him in keeping my home to be glorifying to His Name.
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