As a stay at home mom, I have said these very words, and more at times. Laundry never ends, dishes continue to pile, and I spend hours on meals that no one seems to like. Unless I get sick, what I do around the house goes virtually unnoticed.
But I know that God has a purpose for my life, and that purpose just may be the little ones to whom he has entrusted to my care. I have three sons, 4, 6, and 10. Being a stay at home mom was not my life long dream, but I am one nonetheless.
Hudson is our oldest, and I'm convinced he is going to do something big in the field of science, something very important, of course.
The middle one, Michael, asks daily as his prayer request to be kind and compassionate, then adds, "Mom, what is compassionate again?" He knows it pleases God and makes others feel good, he's just not sure of what it really means. But that is a perfect picture of his heart, most of the time.
The little one, Luke, is funny and wants everyone to laugh. He is fought over amongst his classmates, and without even trying, seems to know how to make people feel comfortable.
Together, they will touch countless lives if I continue to do what seems meaningless. Only God knows how He will use them, but it's up to me to point them in His direction.
So you see, my work is not in vain, when looked at from this perspective. It's when we step back and look at things through God's eyes that we see the bigger picture. We will never see the picture the way He does, but that's ok. He's God and we are not.
"To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world."
Josephine Billings
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