It's time to get practical! Well, it's all practical, but it's time for our virtues to get their hands dirty. K? Or clean, as the case may be. In this case I think it must be a little of both, 'cause we're doing laundry!
These are some virtues I thought of that we need for the job of laundry (there are probably a lot more).
Perseverance--—for the never-ending nature of laundry.
Love--—You need a good dose of this when your family members neglect to pick up their dirty clothes, neglect to clean out their pockets (can you hear me growling here?), neglect to put their clean laundry away. . . and get clean and dirty clothes mixed up so you have to wash the clean ones again.
Patience--—And patience goes right along there with it!
Faithfulness--—Faithfulness has a lot to do with any chore, but especially with chores like laundry that tend to get neglected (and be disliked). Of all of the housekeepers I know, laundry is the most complained about chore! Alas, it must be done. Personally, I kind of like the chore, but it is a big job. I do my family's laundry and I try to be faithful with it (speaking of which . . . ).
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Hello Tina--its been far too long since I dropped by. Please continue to write my girl. Your words are eloquent, honest, and extremely encouraging. They are also convicting at times. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
Hello! It's good to see you around here. Thank you for dropping by and for your kind words.
And you're welcome, too. I agree with you about my words sometimes being convicting. *blush* :-) Sometimes I have to remind myself to pay attention to my own words!
ugh...this is one I havn't mastered yet. I hate doing laundry and there is a large pile of clean cloths in my room right now that have been there for far too long, not put away. I don't mind washing it but I unfortunatly have enough clothes that I don't have to do laundry very often but when I do there is a heap of it and then folding it and putting it way really seems like a chore. Speaking of which I should get to this morning before I leave for work since it will almost midnight by the time I get home and I garentee it won't get done then!
I may not be able to sympathize with you on laundry . . . but I do have my "ugh" issues! ;-)
When I do laundry I always fold each load when I take it out of the dryer (with rare exceptions like when I'm in the middle of cooking dinner). It's easy for me, though, because I already have the habit! I'm sure it would take some time to develop but it would be worth it. You never have a pile of laundry waiting to be folded. One load of laundry is not that hard to fold! Sometimes I don't want to stay and do it but I know if I ever once get slack with myself I will be in trouble!
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