Coming back from Greece I was on such a high. I mean, I spent 17 days in paradise. I walked where the Apostle Paul did and swam in the Mediterranean Sea (ok maybe not swam, but I did play volleyball in it lol)
But then I got home…and the first thing I did when I got back…laundry. Anyone who knows me knows how much I detest laundry. I seriously long for the day that I can send it out to be done or hire someone to do it for me, especially when there is a pile of it. But laundry grounds me. It reminds me that no matter where I go in life, or how successful I become, I still have to do laundry. I probably won’t ever hire someone to do my laundry for me or send it out (unless necessary) because sometimes I need that reminder.
Doing laundry now represents so much more. It represents those times where you feel like you are on top of the world and life says…NOPE!
Or when you get a bit closer to your dream (going your own way) but God says “Slow down. You’re leaving me behind.”
Laundry is that moment to pause and remember that it has taken some blood, sweat and tears (and stains) to get you to where you currently are and don’t you forget it.
My favorite song at the moment, Hills and Valleys by Tauren Wells, comes in to play once again. On the mountains, when I feel like I’m living the dream, life is great and I have little to no worries, may I never forget to do my laundry, to pray and bow my life to the God who placed me there. In the valleys, when I have no idea where my bill money is coming from or how I’m gonna put gas in the car, may I always save time (and money) to do laundry, to pray and look up to the God who sees me there. Because at the end of the day and the end of this life, all that I do in this world will fade, but as long as my Abba knows my name and I can hear Him say “well done”, every hill and every valley will be so worth it. It will be worth it because I was faithful to my God who has always been faithful to me.
Originally this post was supposed to be about trusting God through the process and in a way it kind of is, but I think that trusting through the process means you have to trust Him enough to even go through the process at all. It’s about going through the process because I trust God.
Because I trust God, I will sort these clothes and load them up to do the laundry.
Because I trust God, I will do my homework and study for my exams.
Because I trust God, I will work a job that I know isn’t the end goal of my career journey, but is preparing me for another chapter of my life.
Because I trust God, then I will do what I have to do, and in that process find joy, so that when I finally get to heaven I can do what I want to do, which is to spend eternity in paradise with the God who sees me.
Thank you Abba for my process
and for laundry
PS I love you💜💛💜💛
here are some more pictures from Greece 😍😍
Santorini Island
view from the Acropolis in Athens (the Parthenon was just a few steps behind me!!)
playlist:
- hills and valleys by Tauren Wells
- I will trust by Fred Hammond
