'Faithful, happy, cheerful doing
Faithful, happy, cheerful doing of everyday tasks
"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God!" Romans 12:1-2
The first condition of consecration , must always be entire readiness to accept God's will for our life. It is not enough to be willing to do Christian work. There are many people who are quite ready to do certain things in the service of Christ — who are not ready to do anything He might want them to do.
There is no other way in which one's life will so surely and so quickly become transfigured — as in the faithful, happy, cheerful doing of everyday tasks . We need to remember that this world is not so much a place for doing things — as for making character.
Household life is not primarily a sphere for good cooking, tidy keeping of things, thorough sweeping and dusting, careful nursing and training of children, hospitable entertainment of friends, and the thousand things that must be done each day. Home is a sphere for transforming souls into radiant beauty.
But we must take heed always that we do our tasks, whatever they are, with love.
Doing any kind of work unwillingly, fretfully, with complaint and murmuring, hurts the life.