Perspective

Recently, I was rummaging around a local antique store hunting for something unique and thrifty for our home. I looked around in the discounted room and saw something I just had to have.

Beauty.

 

It was a well used and pretty fragile clothes wringer.  The manufacturer's name long gone from the faded and splitting wood. Gently, I cranked the rusty handle and the gears turned! I could see layers on layers of while powder shimmer on the working rolls.

Greatness!

There was something else I found, a shift in my perspective on laundry. I was looking at vintage laundry room decor, but God was showing me something better. He was changing my heart towards a daily chore and my uh, frenemy relationship with my washer.

Joy!

My washer is automatic once I load and put the detergent in it.  Dirty clothes go in and soon our family of 7 has clean clothes. I don't crank any handles or wring and rinse for hours. One hour. 

Boom!

I don't look forward to doing the laundry. But as I look at the vintage washer sitting on the shelf above my washing machine I can't help but feel relief and joy. Adding a few treasures and my grandmother's sewing kit the view is much better. My perspective and attitude towards my washer is improving.

Gratitude.

 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.  Colossians 3:15-17 NIV