Going Through The Motions

Sometimes I feel like I am going through the motions.. Each day, get up, feed the kids, clean, feed the kids, work on worship, feed the kids, bathe the kids, hang out with the hubby, go to sleep. Repeat. Throw in a shopping trip here or a coffee date there. But really, one endless loop.

Then I stop and ask myself why. Why am I just going through the motions? Why am I not finding joy in the somewhat mundane instances in my day?

I am lucky to have another day to breathe, spend time with my girls. I have a house to clean. I have a husband to spend time with. I have food to feed to my girls. There really are people out there who don't have these luxuries (although when a husband became a luxury I don't know....just kidding, honey).

I have been so supremely blessed that it's not even a question of whether or not I have a good life. I DO have a good life and that is all thanks to God. I should be giving glory to Him instead of focusing on the next task on my to-do list....although my to-do list is quite tantalizing (laundry, sweeping, updating my blog, taking a shower...yes, really).

Everything that I do should be to the glory of God, for there is nothing that He hasn't given me. When I'm going through the motions, I am taking for granted the very fact that He has given me yet another day to add onto my life.

It's like this:
I don't want to go through the motions.
I don't want to spend one more day
Without Your all-consuming
Passion inside of me
I don't want to go my whole life asking
What if I had given everything
Instead of going through the motions.

So when I kissed my girls good-night, I cherished the touch of their cheek, the smell of their hair and their soft voices asking for another hug. After all, childhood is fleeting and I'm not wasting another day going through the motions.