"Love begins at home,and it is not how much we do ...
but how much love we put in that action."
-- Mother Teresa
Isn't that a beautiful reminder that it's not WHAT we do, but HOW we do it? If we offer up all our acts {yes, even housework!} with love & thanksgiving for all the blessings we have -- isn't that what makes it all better?
I am a terrible housekeeper. It's not a secret. So I hereby vow to do my housework & household chores with a strong measure of THANKSGIVING in the coming new year. {Resolution Number One, we'll call it}
I do love to cook. Trouble is, I do not cook for Mark and I on a regular basis -- rather, we put something together for ourselves when it suits us -- not a very "bonding" way to exist, I have to admit. I am a good cook. Another non-secret. And I want to publicly note here that I am SO inspired by the "what's cooking in our kitchen" posts that friend Ann D puts on her blog -- WOW, does she do it up right! So I hereby vow to PREPARE A MEAL {whether breakfast, lunch, or dinner - it doesn't matter} for my husband in the coming new year - at least every other day. {Resolution Number Two, we'll call that one}
I very much enjoy attending Mass at our Church. Do I make sure to get to Mass at least once a week? NO, I do not. My spiritual health suffers for it, I believe. So I hereby vow to make attending Mass more of a priority in my life. {Resolution Number Three, we'll call this one}
That's it for me, for now, regarding my New Year's Resolutions ... oh, of course I have all the other usual suspects: lose weight / get in shape / make time to WALK, alone or with Rocky / ALL THAT STUFF. I also intend to continue on with getting a handle on the migraines I've lived with for 47 years --
More on all the "healthy" matters later, though.
Right now, Mark and I need to get to our dinner and we are trying to get a hospital visit in with our god-daughter, Andi, who is again in serious condition and fighting for her life.
In the big scheme of things, doesn't it sound oh-so-easy to just BE GRATEFUL for everything we DO have, and to just stop grousing about the rest?
-- D.
4 comments:
funny, cooking is about the only thing i do for rod (oh, there's the laundry), but it's pretty easy (even the cooking without onions which he's allergic to). he eats anything i put in front of him and never complains or compares me to his mother. cooking for my 2 vegetarian children and my brown/yellow/white son is another matter altogether.
any interest in going to a friday 8:00a.m. mass?
i know that's early for you to get out, but the music is inspiring???
p.s. glad you're back, missed your posts - i know it was only a little while, but it's a big part of my morning!
Davi, "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving." Colossians 3:23-24
This changed the way I looked at serving my husband. It changed my whole prospective of being a wife. I'm honoring God first by being the wife He wants me to be.
Davi, "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving." Colossians 3:23-24
This changed my whole prospective on being Darryl's wife. To be the wife God wants me to be.
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