It is so hard to do the Christian walk when you are caught up in the daily rush of everyday mundane life. There's work, bills, sports, TV, family and so much more that eats away at your time that time for your spiritual life can not only be put on the back burner but shoved right off the stove. Yet, it is in the mundane of daily life that I think the height of spirituality is. We are not called to be in solitude (although solitude is needed from time to time) but to be the salt of the earth. Salt is not useful unless it is in the meal. A Christian is not useful unless they are living in the world but not a part. We need to live the life that sets us apart as Christians. At least that is our calling.
I don't want to sound law oriented by stating this in a way that sounds like we do this if we want to earn our salvation. We can not earn our salvation. Christ on the cross and resurrected has done that. It is out of our response to this gift of Christ and by the power of the Holy Spirit we do this calling. It is a gift of God. We are called and empowered by God to live our daily vocation to His glory. Since we are still sinners, we will fail miserably. Thanks to God's gifts, wonderful things will happen despite our sorry selves.
The challenge is that you don't do your job for your boss or for the paycheck but for Christ. You care for your child not only for the child but for Christ. Sometimes when life seams so meaningless and difficult, if you can see the things in front of you for God's Glory, some of the drudgery goes away. It's not always that easy to see that. Our humanness can make seeing that impossible. Faith is going out on what is unseen. May God provide that faith in us especially when we are weak.
It is easy to think and see God in the grandeur of things but God is truly everywhere. Even in the more mundane of things.
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