One Day At a Time

I have had the opportunity to organize my laundry for the past hour. I must admit (with embarrassment) that I have about 20 loads to do. Yikes. I think about 5 of them are big blankets or sheets that we just pulled out of the garage from our move (2 years ago).

I can remember the day we brought them inside to wash. I had just started feeling a little better about the laundry when my husband began handing me things and saying "take this inside to be washed." I wanted to scream. We did however have some sort of animal that had made a home in our garage and everything desperately needed to be removed and sanitized! Yuck. So, all of my progress with the laundry seemed to be thrown away and I now had an even bigger pile to take care of. I started feeling overwhelmed and like a laundry failure (again).

Today I am starting my reorganization and I am committing to getting it done. It will take me at least 2 or 3 days to wash it all and probably another day or two to get it folded and put away. I'm just going to do it and recruit my 3 bigger princesses to help me as much as their little hands can. When I look at the laundry area I feel like I will never be able to complete the task but I'm trying really hard to just take it one load at a time. I can do it!!

Life can become overwhelming sometimes just like the laundry. Things can begin to pile up (always one more thing on top of everything else). If we look at all of the different tasks and responsibilities we have collectively, it can seem impossible to do. But if we take it one thing at a time and one day at a time, we can accomplish all of it. (Especially if we ask for some help from the people around us and from God). God even took 6 days to create this world and everything in it. He didn't try to cram it all into one day. He even needed a mental health day at the end to relax and enjoy what He had accomplished! :0) My goal is to complete my laundry, and all of my other household and motherly duties, one task at a time without complaining!

Lord, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us. Isaiah 26:12

So whatever you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. 1 Corinthians 10:31

And, whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Colossians 4:10