![]() ![]() “When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish lying on it, and bread… “Come and have breakfast,” Jesus told them. But messy houses and dirty dishes are a sign of life-a reminder that your home is filled with hearts that need Jesus.You have the privilege to be a laborer in the abundant harvest-a participant in the expansion of Jesus’s kingdom (Matthew 9:37–38).ģ. Yes, a house absent of people would be tidy. A place that shares the love of Christ with your neighborhood. The messiness of your kitchen can remind you of the purpose of your home-a place where God may be glorified and the gospel be made known. Where there are no people (no children, no spouses, no roommates, no friends, no small groups, no you) there are no disciples being made in your home. Dishes are a sign of another day of mercies given-another day to point your house to the Lord. The dishes that pile in your sink are evidence of God’s grace abounding within your home. Imagine your house without the pitter-patter of little feet. “Where there are no oxen, the feeding trough is empty,īut an abundant harvest comes through the strength of an ox.” Each stain on our plates is a reminder that God has given us provision for today and provision for eternity through salvation in Christ. Yet when our dishes are stacked high, we overlook this blessing. ![]() God is the God who blesses the crops and provides people with grain. Before our food gets packaged or processed, its ingredients were created by God-the waterer of the earth, the giver of sunlight, the sustainer of all life. You soften it with showers and bless its crops.”Īs we fill our shopping carts in a culture of convenience, we can easily forget where our food comes from. You drench its furrows and level its ridges Dirty dishes prove God’s provision for you. Here are three passages of Scripture to help you fight grumbling and infuse worship into the everyday, seemingly mundane areas of your life-cleaning, cooking, grocery shopping, waiting in carpool lines, etc.ġ. Determined to see the simple act of dish-washing through a gospel-lens. Grace found in tomorrow, a new day to grow in Christlikeness where I failed today.Īnd so I went to bed determined. Grace found in Christ’s willingness to die on the cross to save a sinner like me. ![]() But what about when I am exhausted at 9:00 p.m.? What about the moments when I am weak? I know that the gospel changes everything, even the most minute details of my life. I immediately burst into tears and confessed why I dropped the glass. I will clean this up and take care of these.” “Are you okay, sweetheart? Go to bed, honey. Who came running from the living room to help? The man I was just complaining about in my head. While my mind was elsewhere, my hands dropped a glass cup. My compassion shrank.Īnd suddenly, I was snapped awake by the sound of shattering at my feet. I have done the dishes the last three nights. He’s literally just watching baseball, can’t he help? And so, in my exhaustion, I turned on the faucet and began to grumble. Yet, I knew it was better to knock them out then rather than push it off until morning. In that moment, dishes were the last thing I wanted to do. But on my way to our bedroom I spied a pile of dirty dishes in the sink. Six months pregnant and exhausted from the day, I decided to go to bed early. My husband was watching the tail end of a baseball game, cheering on his favorite team.
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