Ladies, what we do is royal work. Whether we are wives, mothers, or both, what we do is a calling...a calling to love, serve, and give. It's easy to grumble about toys strewn about or football field grass tracked into the house or having to clean the countertops a hundred times a day. But when we realize that we serve God when we serve our family, suddenly our mundane tasks become royal work! The excerpt below is from Spurgeon's "Morning and Evening". I especially love the line about a "halo around the most humble occupations".
"Among the toiling multitudes, the journeymen, the day labourers, the domestic servants, the drudges of the kitchen, the apostle found, as we find still, some of the Lord's chosen, and to them he says, "Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ." This saying ennobles the weary routine of earthly employments, and sheds a halo around the most humble occupations. To wash feet may be servile, but to wash His feet is royal work. To unloose the shoe-latchet is poor employ, but to unloose the great Master's shoe is a princely privilege. The shop, the barn, the scullery, and the smithy become temples when men and women do all to the glory of God! Then "divine service" is not a thing of a few hours and a few places, but all life becomes holiness unto the Lord, and every place and thing, as consecrated as the tabernacle and its golden candlestick."
Lord, thank You for the privilege of a family to love and serve. Help me to remember that when I commit whatever I do unto You, I am doing royal work.
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