Living the Call.

Quick note.  I found yesterday's reading from Ephesians to be an apt addition to this blog.  As I muse on motherhood I need to " live in the manner worthy of the call I have been given." I need to remember that this is not a random life I am living.  I have been given this great gift.  This family of 6 children, with their ups and downs, strengths and weaknesses to guide back to their heavenly father.  This is no small task.  Thankfully,  I have been paired with this generous man for this task.  We have been called, by God.  Singled out.  YOU Lynn, no slouching over there.  I need you to do this for me.  Will you?  Will you give it your all?  Will it hurt? Will it be hard? Yup.  But I need YOU.  I have given this call  to you and no one else.  Only you can do it.  Don't just let it happen.  But live your life, your vocation, in manner that is worthy to the call.  Remember "grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ's gift."

Well then.  Onward and upward.  Another day.  Homeschooling, making dinner, washing dishes, folding laundry, playing a game, driving to the tutor or orthodontist and all the other ordinary things.  They are not so ordinary anymore because of who called me to do them.

Have a blessed day and live according to the call you have been given.

Brothers and sisters:
I, a prisoner for the Lord,
urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received,
with all humility and gentleness, with patience,
bearing with one another through love,
striving to preserve the unity of the Spirit
through the bond of peace:
one Body and one Spirit,
as you were also called to the one hope of your call;
one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
one God and Father of all,
who is over all and through all and in all.

But grace was given to each of us
according to the measure of Christ’s gift. 

And he gave some as Apostles, others as prophets,
others as evangelists, others as pastors and teachers,
to equip the holy ones for the work of ministry,
for building up the Body of Christ,
until we all attain to the unity of faith
and knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood,
to the extent of the full stature of Christ.