"Hey...He's Singin' My Song"

"Everything You Do"--Steven Curtis Chapman

You're picking up toys on the living room floor for the 15th time today
Matching up socks
Sweeping up lost cheerios that got away
You put a baby on your hip
Color on your lips and head out the door

While I may not know you,
 I bet I know you
Wonder sometimes does it matter at all?

Well let me remind you, it all matters just as long
As you do everything you do to the glory of the One who made you
Cause he made you,
To do
Every little thing that you do
To bring a smile to His face
Tell the story of His grace
With every move that you make
And every little thing you do

Maybe you're that guy with the suit and tie
Maybe your shirt says your name
You may be hooking up mergers
Cooking up burgers
But at the end of the day
Little stuff
Big stuff
In between stuff
God sees it all the same

While I may not know you
I bet I know you
Wonder sometimes, does it matter at all?

Well let me remind you, it all matters just as long as
You do everything you do to the glory of the One who made you,
Cause He made you
To do
Every little thing that you do
To bring a smile to His face
Tell the story of grace
With every move that you make
And everything you do

Maybe you're sitting in math class
Or maybe on a mission in the Congo
Or maybe working at the office
Singing along with the radio

Maybe you're dining at a 5-star
Or feeding orphans in the Myanmar
Anywhere and everywhere that you are

Whatever you do
It all matters
So do what you do
Don't ever forget

To do everything you do to the glory of the One who made you,
Cause He made you
To do
Every little thing that you do
To bring a smile to His face
And tell the story of grace

As you do everything you do for the glory of the One who made you,
Cause He made you
To do
Every little thing that you do
To bring a smile to His face
And tell the story of grace
With every move that you make
And every little thing you do

In every little thing you do
In every little thing you do

WOW! When I heard the very first part of this song, I totally went "YES! That is me!" I cherish my responsibility of being a mother. I would have it no other way. I chose to stay home after our fourth child arrived. We worked so hard and prayed so long for children. I sorta have a hard time having someone else caring for them. But...

There are some times that I feel like, "Am I making a difference?" "Is it worthy of praise?" But then This song comes along and it really speaks to my heart. But it should speak to every one's heart.

From this I realized just what all I did meant. You see, cleaning up the chronic kid messes, doing the mountains of laundry, hanging out with the kiddos...it is all awesome in God's eyes. It is all awesome as long as I approach all that I do with the intention of bringing glory to God's name.

You see from the most simplistic of tasks to the most intricate skill, they all amount to awesome in God's eyes as long as you do it to bring glory to His name. This is something that I self-evaluated a couple of years ago. I stepped back to look at what things I did in life and the intentions behind them.

What I found was the more I did to bring glory to His name, the more I wanted to to do to bring glory to His name. But, at that point, I never really looked at my "MomMom Duties" as something that could bring God glory. So...

When I get frustrated by the day to day messes...When I wonder if the 10 loads of laundry that I folded today are that meaningful...When I question the value of all of the many jobs I do in the basic housekeeping direction...I need to remember that its all in my approach. I can do all that I have been doing but make it that much more meaningful by changing my approach and do it ALL to bring glory to the One who made me!