While on the treadmill this morning, I listened to my new playlist I downloaded from my daughter’s music. Steven Curtis Chapman’s song, Do Everything, started and I grunted my agreement with the lyrics:

You’re picking up toys on the living room floor
for the 15th time today
Matching up socks and sweeping up lost
Cheerios that got away

You put a baby on your hip and color on your lips
and head out the door
And while I may not know you I bet I know you
Wonder sometimes does it matter at all

As a mom, there are times where we all wonder if what we do as a mom is insignificant. Let’s face it — when was the last time you heard of a prize given out for laundry folding? Do you see cashiers at the grocery store giving you a thumbs-up or cheering you on for going grocery shopping? And what real lasting value does sweeping have anyway (apart from wear and tear on the floors)?

Compared to the completion of a large project at my husband’s work or a successful day teaching homeschooling, it’s easy to feel like the mundane things I do every day are hardly worth mentioning. Yet, that is far from the truth.

Not only are we to reflect God’s glory in everything we do, we never know what little thing will have a monumental impact. Good, bad, or otherwise, our children watch what we do and see our attitude in doing it. That’s enough to make us think twice, right?

So, no matter what we’re doing – it matters!