faith friday.

do you sometimes feel just adequate? merely getting by day to day with your schedules or lack of? feeling like something - or someone - else defines you? and your work? this seems to be a hot topic right now in the blogesphere and has certainly grabbed my attention. a soft place to land did an encouraging post on why you matter yesterday. last month, mops did a topic of conversation on not letting someone else define your normal. in the christian community, what does this all mean? and how can we let it impact our daily lives for the better? most importantly, for His kingdom?

i believe i feel most fulfilled when i'm doing what i was created to do. this doesn't mean folding laundry, scrubbing dishes, or wiping baby biscuits. then again? for me, what is means is purposefully fulfilling my call to bring God glory by loving Him in what i do and loving others. if i am called to stay home and have that be my work, then i will do my best to love God through what He has called me to do. if i was called to work outside of the home, then i would do my best to love God in my work place. no matter where He has called me, i want to pursue my days wrapped up in the promise that He has made me to do what He has called me to do.

it's not a secret that it's harder to live to a higher, purer standard. it's also not a secret that the blessings are so much more rich when our priorities line up with God's Word. so why do i let the world define what's important for me so often? why do i secretly push aside the higher standard when i already know my position with the Lord? it's no secret to Him. i've been placed in His kingdom the moment i made my life His. so why is it so difficult? so hard? such a challenge day to day?

nothing and no one can take away and redefine what matters to the Lord. who He is reaches farther than any lie can try to hide. the world (and sometimes ourselves) do a pretty good job of trying.

the awesome part?

He has come so that i may have life. not life in my four-walled home. not life in an office in the work place. not life running from here to there with no real purpose. not even life in taking a deep breathe.

life in Jesus. Him alone.

and when i have that, the rest seems to fall into place because He has provided the grace. grace alone.

He makes it all matter.

He makes me matter. and He most definitely makes you matter.