“Don’t be too easily convinced that God really wants you to do all sorts of work you needn’t do.
Each
must do his duty ‘in that state of life to which God has called him.’
Remember that a belief in the virtues of doing for doing’s sake is
characteristically feminine, characteristically American, and
characteristically modern: so that three veils may divide you
from the correct view! There can be intemperance in work just as in
drink. What feels like zeal may be only fidgets or even the flattering
of one’s self-importance. As MacDonald says, ‘In holy things may be
unholy greed!’ And by doing what ‘one’s station and its duties’ does
not demand, one can make oneself less fit for the duties it does demand and so commit some injustice. Just you give Mary a chance as well as Martha!”
C.S. Lewis, Letters to An American Lady
Wow, that is a good confirmation at this exact moment for me.
ReplyDeleteMy floor can wait, my baby can't. (And I will finish my floor without strife once my baby is content.)
So true. Pearls of wisdom. Thanks for sharing.
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ReplyDeleteI've been trying to involve my girls in alot of things I do around the house . Like let's all clean the kitchen together ... Let's do laundry together ... Let's clean the boys room together...
It seems to slow me down and help me talk to them.
There will always be house work, but I won't have a five month old forever. I am enjoying playing and talking to her!
ReplyDelete"...doing for doing’s sake is characteristically feminine, characteristically American, and characteristically modern: so that three veils may divide you from the correct view!" CS Lewis is such a gift to us.
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