A sink full of dishes.
I honestly don't have anything specific on my mind I want to talk about, so I'm just going to write until it happens. I'm sitting here listening to the kids yell at each other in the other room and avoiding going in there at all costs. I love my kids dearly, but man - they can really pinch my last nerve sometimes. Last night, as I was standing over the sink full of dishes, I started to get teary eyed because I had this sweeping emotion of how 'this is just my life now.' It consists of waking up, children all day, cleaning, and then sleeping and starting over. I got into a funk last night because I forgot my purpose.
I don't know about you, but I often lose sight of my purpose. I sit and feel so stuck in the now that it is hard for me to look past my current circumstances. I think back on what I thought my life would look like and see that it is not what I had imagined in my teen years. I used to believe I was going straight into ministry - rescuing women from human trafficking. Although that is still where my heart longs to be one day, I know that my ministry at this time is in my kitchen, doing dishes. Man, thats a hard pill to swallow.
I was born into a family of world changers, thats what I've always been told. There are 12 of us, all doing amazing things - we have incredible parents who instilled in us this desire to be and do the best that we can and live to our fullest potential. But as I sit here and think of how I'm "changing the world" I see nothing but a sink full of dishes. And I guess thats it. A sink full of dishes, that is HOW I can change the world. I can change the world by giving a meal. I can change the world around my dinner table. I can change the world by being a present mother who loves on my kids. I can change the world with dance parties in the kitchen. I can change the world through teaching my kids to cook and to serve others in that way.
A lot of life lessons can be learned in the kitchen standing over a sink full of dishes. Changing the world doesn't have to look any certain way. Make sure whatever you're doing, you're doing it with a heart full of love and gratitude. Because in the end, the only thing that can actually change this world is Love, with a capital L. Love the ones right in front of you. Don't. forget. your. purpose.
I don't know about you, but I often lose sight of my purpose. I sit and feel so stuck in the now that it is hard for me to look past my current circumstances. I think back on what I thought my life would look like and see that it is not what I had imagined in my teen years. I used to believe I was going straight into ministry - rescuing women from human trafficking. Although that is still where my heart longs to be one day, I know that my ministry at this time is in my kitchen, doing dishes. Man, thats a hard pill to swallow.
I was born into a family of world changers, thats what I've always been told. There are 12 of us, all doing amazing things - we have incredible parents who instilled in us this desire to be and do the best that we can and live to our fullest potential. But as I sit here and think of how I'm "changing the world" I see nothing but a sink full of dishes. And I guess thats it. A sink full of dishes, that is HOW I can change the world. I can change the world by giving a meal. I can change the world around my dinner table. I can change the world by being a present mother who loves on my kids. I can change the world with dance parties in the kitchen. I can change the world through teaching my kids to cook and to serve others in that way.
A lot of life lessons can be learned in the kitchen standing over a sink full of dishes. Changing the world doesn't have to look any certain way. Make sure whatever you're doing, you're doing it with a heart full of love and gratitude. Because in the end, the only thing that can actually change this world is Love, with a capital L. Love the ones right in front of you. Don't. forget. your. purpose.
Sam snapped this picture of us three weeks ago... (how fitting)
I had "a sink full of dishes" experience quite similar to yours about 33 years ago. I am once again reminded of just how personable our God is to meet us at that "sink full of dishes".
ReplyDeleteThank you for your blog. You have a wonderful ability to write from the heart and reach people right where we live.
Thank you so much Karen. That means a lot. I think we all need to have our own “sink full of dishes” experience. It shapes us and gives us vision for the season we are in, to keep pressing forward.
DeleteWas Sam on top of the fridge?? I think I’m going to start stealing your blogs and putting my name on them!!
ReplyDeleteSO Good!
Feel free mama! Put the link in there, too, so they can read the past ones also 🙏🏼
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