November 17, 2008
Laundry
One of my responsibilities at home is keeping up with the laundry. It’s amazing how much laundry eight people can come up with in a week! It seems like I just get the laundry room emptied out and then there’s another huge pile. Or I get caught up on the laundry and think I am done for the day and the baby spits up all over himself, his blankets and someone else, so I have to put in another load.
I’ve heard before that laundry is a never ending job, but I really understand that now…it’s kind of like washing dishes…
But, it could be worse. Could you imagine having to do eight people’s laundry at a laundromat?! It would take a whole day!
Or how about having to wash all those clothes by hand and then string them up between buildings to dry?
If I had to do that, I wouldn’t let anyone in my family have more than three outfits!
totallybygrace said,
November 17, 2008 at 8:13 PM
Yes, I understand completely!
Laundry could be a social event within your own family. Coming together to fold a couchful of clean clothes and just talk about what’s on your mind. It can also be a spiritual time as you pray for each person when you fold their clothes. Doing laundry for others can be looked on as a blessing as you realize that you are helping family members to have clean clothes to wear as they represent Christ to the world. It also blesses family members who would otherwise be doing the job that you have to do for them while they serve you in some other respect. We tend to look on work as a chore but it is a blessing from God as we “serve one another in love” and as we love one another as Christ loved us. Yes, clean laundry can even remind us of the cleansing blood of the Lamb of God who took away our sins!
Blessings on you as you serve Christ by doing my laundry.
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