Noble Task

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I remember well my dear late mother always telling me that if you want to do something good for people you don’t even need to venture outside the home. 

She did it by having a house full of goodness and happiness…blessings and love.

I wonder how...she attracted people…my cousins…uncles…aunts and so many relatives to her home while she hardly visit anyone.

She did it by her good self…humble and ready to serve attitude.

She fed them…she advised them…she listened to them…even a phone call was enough to someone lonely somewhere…she kept them all in….she kept them all intact…she kept them all remembered that she is there for them if they want to talk.

Of course...this does not mean that she didn’t ever did good outside her home...but it is amazing to me how true it is that God brought the right to her very doorstep.

Whether it is a friend in need of encouragement...a lonely neighbor...a phone call with someone who just needs to be prayer at that moment...a friend in tears...a young girl who needs to see a home where Happiness is the center… the opportunities are endless.

This morning I read an old poem that I’ve been familiar with since I was a little girl....it holds so much more meaning to me.

"Isn’t There a Noble Task? “

There seems to be so little that I can do for Thee, 

Isn’t there a noble task that You would have for me? 

Something that the world may know I’m busy for my King; 

Beside the dull and daily tasks that every new day brings? 

For how can stacks of dishes and piles of dirty clothes, 

Tackled and completed, ever tell YOU grace? 

Or stories, mud and band-aids; read, cleaned up, applied, 

Tell the world, how our Lord can be satisfied? 

“Oh, busy, busy mother, your task is very great. 

I’ve given you eternal souls to teach and educate. 

Not in worldly wisdom, in fame or honor grand, 

But how to love and serve My cause, 

and seek that better land. 

For as you tackle homey tasks with children by your side, 

You have the greatest privilege, within their hearts to hide 

Bits of goodly treasures from My Holy Word, 

Which many mighty men of faith first from their mothers heard.

Oh, busy, busy mother, I need you where you are. 

Your task at hand is very great, you need not travel far. 

Oh love and teach these little souls, 

and help them grow to be Steadfast within the simple faith, 

to be of use to Me.”