05/28/2026
I'm currently a stay-at-home mom to 3 young children. In this season, I feel like God is inviting me to live deeply by pressing in with intention, even though much of my work feels mundane, repetitive, and ordinary. I love to create rhythms and routines that help my family grow and thrive, both in body and soul; but at the end of the day, the return can feel so little and the fight against apathy is a very real part of my daily struggle. What difference does it all really make anyway?
I think I'll always be fighting some sort of battle against "all-or-nothingness" while sharing so much of myself and my days with little people. Sometimes this looks like choosing to engage in the messy, complex task of discipling my children while knowing I lack the true power to change their hearts; or bringing order to a space, knowing the value lies in the warmth and functionality it brings, not in the absence of it always needing to be picked back up.
In many ways, I feel like life right now is one big Pilates class: little tiny movements that, at the moment, feel small and insignificant but later I'm often given the gift of seeing the toil and intention was not all for naught.
On the days when I'm embracing God's invitation to live deeply, I am given a renewed perspective and sense of wonder. My small, consistent acts of faithfulness find their true, lasting meaning in the grand, overarching purpose and work of the Lord. Certainly not my salvation, nor the source of my hope, but it's actually really very wonderful to realize: cleaning spills up off the floor and conversations at my kitchen table are, in fact, an exciting invitation from God to participate in His making all things new!
-Beth Norman
