SERVING

Our family kicked off today doing household chores - my dad was moving furniture around (a lot more productive than I make it sound), my mom was doing laundry (washing old baby clothes heh), my brother was raking leaves off the roof (a lot less dangerous than I make it sound), and I was doing the dishes.

I never saw it this way before, but actually, I'm so grateful that we're able to do this. First off, there's the very clichéd (but 100% true) mindset that what if you were paralyzed, and yes, I'm so very glad that all of us are physically able and fit. That's a blessing that we always take for granted. It's probably one of the biggest blessings in my life and yet one of the most overlooked. Even though my mom's pregnant, I'm glad she hasn't been confined to bedrest (which was what the doctor said may happen in the third trimester of her pregnancy), and that she's able to move and get all the required nutrition for her and my sister to grow. The other reason I'm so, so, so thankful is... one reason that for most of my life so far, I never ever saw. I always saw chores as... well, as chores, haha. And for the longest time I would dread having to wash dishes, dread having to wake up and make the bed, or tidy my room on weekends, or clear the table after meals, or prepare dinner... But for some reason, today I woke up on the right side of the bed, and it just struck me that it's so awesome that we're all helping out, that we're all coming together to work, that we're all being useful and all having a heart of servitude. It took a long time for me to get off my high horse and be happy scrubbing the floor and carrying groceries, but here I am. And there is something unexplainably freeing about helping out. It's a much better feeling than just having everything done for you, and wow, I'm really glad I can feel it now, and glad that we're not a family that employs help to do all these things that bond us as a family and help us grow as Christians, as servants.

God bless~(: