God in the mundane
My plan was to write a blog based on a walk I did yesterday but after a very poor night sleep and general tiredness and deadness of legs, it didn't really seem very inspiring or worth talking about.
And that made me think about how we probably tend to look for God in the spectacular such as a beautiful sunset, the flight of a bird etc, and these are all good things. Most of our days are not spent like that though and even the most 'spiritual' person has to spend a lot of their time doing mundane things such as cleaning the house, washing up and the like.
If God is in everything, how does this manifest in washing up for example? (and yes, that is one of my most disliked chores).
It is worth remembering, that it was only in his later years that Jesus performed miracles and spread his teaching. Much of his life was probably very mundane indeed.... Just like ours often is too.
Like Jesus then, most of our time may not feel very 'spiritual' or 'enlightened' but it is important nevertheless. Staying humble and 'in the moment' as we go about our everyday chores (and perhaps especially those we really don't like) is part of living with God, not only in the beautiful and spectacular, but in the greasy water of the washing up bowl too.
