Fresh soil and water

Good morning world.  Yesterday, I transplanted a basket of plants I had been given for a birthday present. Four small plants that were looking pretty pitiful.  I got onto the son whose job it is to water plants.  He said he had been watering them.  When I pulled them out of the individual pots, I found them to be root bound. This morning, they have perked up and are looking great!  It is amazing what some soil and water will do for a plant.  I have a couple of other plants to check. 

I have been looking at those plants this morning and wondering if my life can get like that, root bound to the point of not getting any nutrients and watering is a waste of time.  Need good soil and water to grow, both.  Not just one or the other.  Even everyday house work can get like that stagnant, root bound.  When I start feeling like a martyr,  or get upset because I JUST swept or mopped the floors and it's muddy again, maybe I'm like the root bound plants.  I need fresh soil and water to perk up.  God can be in every aspect of my life, even sweeping and mopping.

I tell my boys often, "²³ Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, ²⁴ 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.  NIV.  When I remember this for me, it is like being transplanted into fresh soil and watered.  I have a better frame of mind to do my housework.  Then it becomes a blessing for my family.

Be blessed and be a blessing,

Just some of my thoughts and actions,

Elizabeth