To Whom Do I Report?

To Whom do I report…this thought goes through my head multiple times a day when I’m cleaning or ironing. I don’t have a boss, really, as I stay at home. But, my husband and kids notice if the laundry has not been completed if they have no clean clothes. They observe empty cereal boxes when I fail to go to the store. So, making an educated equation here, I report to my husband and kids. I work for them to get things done around the house.

Now, this might seem like it would work, but it never does. I get angry when I work and work and there is no recognition that I filled all the soap containers, restocked the toilet paper or made sure we had flossers ready to go. Really? Doesn’t everyone notice these things? You know, most of the clothes are cleaned, the bathroom is usable, and dinner is on the table. Who wouldn’t be screaming, “You are amazing!”?

Well, then I open my Bible and the convictions start. I never thanked my husband today for working so hard so I could stay home to do all of the above. I didn’t thank my children for doing their homework without being asked. I didn’t thank my children for doing their chores. No, I expected them to do these things because it was their job. The kids report to my husband and me, my husband reports to his boss; but, to Whom do I report?

Again, I’m reading the Bible and God points out that I do what I do because of Him and not others; not even my husband or kids. My husband does his job because he’s fulfilling God’s will for his life. Our children do what they do because we tell them, but I do hope one day they will begin to do it out of genuine love and for God. Genuine love. That’s what I’m forgetting about when I call what I do “work”. It might be my job, but I can not let it become “work”. Work to me is out of obligation. My job is my purpose, my design, and my vision of who I am in God’s eyes. My job is not to be a housewife, wife, or mother. My job is to be who God created me to be everyday. It just so happens that today He’s calling me to a certain task to be completed.

So, to Whom do I report? I report to God Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. May I never forget this the next time I do laundry! 🙂

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