Convicting Quote

"There is no work better than to please God; to pour water, to wash dishes, to be a cobbler,, or an apostle, all are one; to wash dishes and to preach are all one, as touching the deed, to please God."~William Tyndale

WOW!! This is for all of you mothers out there who feel like I do. I saw this quote and instantly I was both encouraged and convicted! Since I have become a mother my life has totally changed. My alone time with the Lord is few and far between. Sometimes (a lot of times I should say) I'd rather do something "relaxing" or just some mindless fun hobby instead of discipline myself to worship the Lord. Now, I will be completely honest, I feel like a hypocrite to put anything spiritual on this blog, because I'm definitely not a godly example. As I read this, I think about how much housework and child work there is to do and how easy we can complain. I'm convicted with the thought that I myself need to change my attitude in the business of life. How I need to honor the Lord in serving my husband and raising up our son. The daily duties are not separate from serving or pleasing our Lord. The verse that tells us to serve as unto the Lord and not to man comes to mind. It is not just for us or our husbands, but it should be done as unto the Lord. Also, recently Dave and I were talking about the passage in Mark where Christ tells the disciples that to be chief you must be servant of all. Well, what more opportunity do we need ask for than what we have in being a wife and a mother. I'm afraid sometimes we do not look at this as "christian" or as an opportunity to be a servant, but it is. In actuality it is a great blessing to serve our family. I know that I often want my husband to notice all of the work I do or to watch Ethan for awhile, which really isn't wrong, but being a servant isn't doing things so we can be praised or even rewarded in this life. Anyway, I hope you are able to understand my rambling :). Just thought I would put something up that I deal with and feel is encouraging. May we be thankful for the opportunity to please the Lord today. May we all think of pleasing the Lord with the many mundane things on our list (like those dishes we attempt to clean).