I know laundry has a bad rap. It’s never-ending, and most people don’t enjoy doing it. But I don’t mind it—actually, I quite enjoy it. It’s relaxing. It’s satisfying. You can do other things while the clothes are in the washer. Our great-great-grandparents didn’t have that luxury, so thank you, Jesus, for technology! I like the challenge of getting a stain out. I like seeing the row of clean shirts hanging in the laundry room.
The Summer of Scratchy Towels
I especially love hanging clothes outside in the summer when I can. My kids used to joke (or maybe it was complaining??!) about “scratchy towel season!” Hey, it was a free exfoliation to use those towels!
But oh, that smell of clothes dried in the sun—there is nothing better.
Blessing My Family One Sock at a Time
I didn’t always love folding clothes. But over time, I began to appreciate the simple rhythm of it—folding things neatly, matching socks, stacking fresh towels. It became a quiet, sacred moment in my day.
When my kids were young, I’d fold their laundry and think about them. And then I began to pray for them.
🧺 “A pair of jeans became a prayer for strength. A favorite T-shirt, a prayer for protection at school. Pajamas, a blessing for sweet rest.”
I wanted to bless them—not just with clean, wrinkle-free clothes, but with the covering of a mother’s prayer. Blessing My Family One Sock at a Time
The Hidden Ministry
It wasn’t glamorous. No one saw it. But God did.
✨ “And He taught me something powerful: sometimes ministry isn’t loud or public. Sometimes it’s whispering blessings over a sock.”
The Season of Two
Now, my kids are grown. It’s just my husband and me in the house. But I still fold his socks with love. I still pray over the man who wears them. The prayers are different now—sometimes deeper. And they still matter.
Laundry as Love
Those everyday chores—the ones that feel endless and stuck on repeat—are actually acts of service. A quiet ministry. A blessing to those we love the most.
“As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace.”~1 Peter 4:10 (ESV)
A reminder that service—yes, even laundry! —is a way we reflect God’s grace.
👕 “Someday, they won’t be so hard. Your little ones will grow up. The laundry pile will shrink. But you will have blessed those kids’ socks off.”
A Word to You, Mama (or Grandma, or Just You)
Maybe you’re drowning in laundry. Maybe your house is suddenly quiet.
Wherever you are today, hear this:
💛 God meets us in the ordinary. There is holiness in the humdrum, if we let Him in.
I would love to hear of ways that you bless your family and ways that you let Him in!
In the intricate tapestry of your life, God intricately cares for every detail. Jeremiah 29:11 reassures us of His divine plans: “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.” Let this truth resonate; God’s love for you is immeasurable.
God loves you and wants to give you blessings. He cares about every little thing that happens in your life. He planned you to be here, right now in this moment. He cares about things that seems trivial to some but to us at the time are important.
My mother always prayed on the way to the grocery store that she would get a good parking space. She didn’t get around very well and that was important to her. I remembered that one day as I was parking at Costco with two little ones and something I needed to return. I wasn’t sure how I was going to get us and the item inside. I prayed that someone would give me a cart when we got there. God listened and provided. An older gentleman asked if I would like a cart as I was getting the baby out of the car. I was brought to tears that God cared enough to provide something so insignificant but so important at the moment.
John 3:16 encapsulates the profound depth of His love: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” This sacrificial act signifies an unparalleled love.
Faith, an active choice, anchors us in God’s promises. His words, universal and eternal, extend to everyone, perpetually including you. Even when it seems He’s distant, similar to a parent guiding with love, God orchestrates our lives, foreseeing what’s best.
“God will not permit any troubles to come upon us unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty.”
– Peter Marshall
Consider Luke 11:13: “If you, then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him.” The essence lies in aligning our desires with God’s will.
Psalms 37:4-5 illuminates this alignment: “Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass.” God isn’t a wish-granting genie; rather, He understands our needs better than we do.
Delighting in the Lord involves more than routine; it’s a continuous conversation and relationship throughout the day, much like the joy found in daily interactions with a loved one. I text my husband often throughout the day. He responds when he is able. We enjoy texting each other. I look forward to getting a message from him. I think God is the same way. He wants us to talk to him not once a day, but all throughout the day because we desire, “delight” in having a conversation with Him and having a close relationship.
Delight in Him, align your life with His, and trust in His wisdom, spend time with Him to know Him better and commit your way to the Lord, meaning to submit the way we live our lives, then our desires will be His desires and he will bring those things to pass. —this is the recipe for God to fulfill your desires. He longs to shower blessings upon you; all you need to do is open your heart to receive.
My husband and daughter took a couple of weeks off for hunting. After a week of “camping in the fall” and not seeing anything, they came home. They are still hoping to get some day-hunts in before the end of the season!
My hubby, bless his heart, decided to be productive the last week of his vacation time and clean the garage! We clean the garage really well a couple of times of year. Isn’t it crazy how fast it can get disorganized again???
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This time we decided to really clean it out. Not just organize the “stuff ” but take a good hard look at what we have and decide if we really need it, if someone else could better benefit from it, is it replaceable, or is it trash?! We were brutally honest with ourselves. We made a “Trash” pile, a “Donate” pile and a very small “Sell” pile (that is a dangerous pile and you don’t want many things in that one or they will just be re-assimilated!) We also had a pile of “Things to return to others”.
We opened boxes, took things off shelves, pulled things out. We ended up with a truckload of things to go to the dump, a truckload to take to donate and a few things to sell. It felt AMAZING!!!
I honestly thought I would not come up with a lot to get rid of. I hate clutter. I don’t like a lot of “stuff”. Come to find out, I had a lot of crap I didn’t realize was crap!
Truly taking an honest look at what I had, was so freeing! I realized that a lot of things that I had been keeping, I was keeping out of fear. Fear that I would need it and not have it. Fear that if I did need it, I wouldn’t be able to afford to replace it. Fear that someone would be offended if I got rid of it. Well, kicking fear to the curb and thinking “If my house burned down, would I miss it? Would I be able to replace it? Would I buy another one? ” helped me to get rid of soooooo much!!
Getting rid of “stuff” is the only way to really have a self-cleaning house. Minimal stuff makes minimal mess.
I have started on a new “Crap crusade” in my closet and I am excited! I will keep you posted on that venture!
When you let go of stuff you unclog the positive flow and new and wonderful things can come into your life in many ways, not only just in your garage. When you hang on to too much stuff and things it clutters your mind and life, not just your home. Your life isn’t meant to be stagnant. By hanging on to old things, too many things and unnecessary things you are blocking the stream of abundance that belongs to you!
Remember when you were a kid or when you told your kids that they couldn’t have a new toy unless they got rid of one (or five!)? Yes! Just like that! Our life is supposed to be rewarded and blessed, but first…. you have to get rid of some stuff.
I encourage you to kick the fear, tell yourself that it’s ok to let go. Enjoy the amazing feeling of a clean uncluttered home, and the positive things that will come your way!
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The Self Cleaning House 