Cleaning Bathrooms

f you consider some tasks "meaningless," I encourage you to read this 1-minute devotion.

Cleaning bathrooms is my least favorite chore. It’s thankless and meaningless. Or is it? 

Is any task actually meaningless?

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.” Colossians 3;23-24

If we do our tasks for God and with God, whatever we do can be meaningful, whether helping the needy, writing a Bible study, leading people to the Lord...or cleaning bathrooms. 

Consider this important truth throughout your day!

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If you consider some tasks "meaningless," I encourage you to read this 1-minute devotion.Let’s ask God to give us a keen awareness of His presence and purpose in everything we do today.

Picture to the right: The truths in this devotion really hit home 30 years ago when I was with a group of Christians who volunteered to clean “squatty-potties” in preparation for a Christian conference at a former Communist youth camp in Bulgaria.


You'll also enjoy Insights from My Laundry Room, written by my friend Amy.

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f you consider some tasks "meaningless," I encourage you to read this 1-minute devotion.

f you consider some tasks "meaningless," I encourage you to read this 1-minute devotion.


6 comments:

  1. Ryan and CarlyJune 20, 2012 at 12:16 PM

    Gail I recognize the "squaty potty"!!! Those things can definitely be a beast to clean. Wherever I'm serving or working in my life I want it to be for eternity and to point to God. What a challenge to get my focus off of how "glorifying" the task is to me.

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  2. kendra @ A Proverbs 31 WifeJune 26, 2012 at 8:30 AM

    I clean houses for a living now, and sometimes I just want to get-it-done, but then I remind myself to do every thing as unto the Lord.
    But now when I am grossing out over cleaning a toilet I will just remember the "thing" you are cleaning and that should straighten me up real quick!
    Found you via Teach me Tuesdays and am subscribed to you now :)

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  3. J VoglerJune 27, 2012 at 7:26 AM

    Whenever I find myself rolling my eyes over mundane chores, I remember that this is a blessing for someone (usually myself), and everyone needs blessings. Thanks for the post :)

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  4. UnknownJune 26, 2018 at 9:23 AM

    Very insightful and encourging message

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  5. KaylaJune 26, 2018 at 4:50 PM

    Gail, I was in a situation having to help a family member who lived in an abandoned bldg. Even tho his 1 rm. and kitchenette was all he had to live in, he had to use the community bathroom. I had to clean his small abode once a wk. and that included the bathroom that was in the hallway. Oh, I thought I was super Christian and I discovered what it really meant to do this in love of the Lord and as unto Him. More than anything it humbled me and did what the Lord needed me to learn. The greatest thing is God received another person into His Kingdom. How wonderful is our God. I am so glad you shared this devotion and brought back my 'precious memory'. JKH - WV

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  6. ToniJune 26, 2018 at 6:12 PM

    Thank you so much for your post, Gail. As I have been cleaning and sweating in the heat here in Mexico today, it put things into perspective. Doing all things as unto the Lord.
    Blessings!

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