“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.” NIV (1 Corinthians 10:31)
“There’s got to be more to life than this…” These words–spoken sixty years ago by a young woman with four children and a traveling husband– reverberate in my mind more often than I’d like to admit.
At times like this–when I’ve spent the day scrubbing toilets and wondering who spit their gum behind the stool. At times like this–when the day’s laundry and homework swallow the sunshine and I answer “no” when my little girl asks to go to the park. At times like this–when the tension of work and family coincide and I wonder when things get easier.
Then I’m reminded of the moments that are more. So much more. Those times I read a bedtime story beneath the covers with a wiggly eight-year-old. Those times I hear the deep-throated belly laugh of my little boy as he tells a joke. Those times I pray for the dear ones in my life–knowing I couldn’t demonstrate love for them any better in any other way.
Sometimes living radically is about the day-to-day faithfulness to love–just love. Sometimes living radically is about leading through serving–even as a wife and mother. Sometimes living radically is trusting God enough to know his plan for your child’s life extends beyond today’s struggles.
Living radically…loving radically…trusting radically. Just for today.