6 Ways Moms Can Invest in Eternity

God can use anything –even blogs!– to bring amazing people into your life: people who make you laugh, people who build you up, people who make you feel as if you just might not be the only salmon fighting the current, after all. While our family is saying goodbye to friends and family here in the States, I’m honored to feature the work of some of those folks right here on To Sow a Seed. These bloggers bring inspiration, encouragement, and a healthy dose of keepin’ it real to their corners of the internet. It’s my prayer that you’ll be blessed through their words, and if you’re not familiar with their blogs, you’ll pop on over and soak in some of the life-changing stuff they offer.

Today, I’d like to introduce you to Rosilind Jukic. On a particularly rough day, when I was pretty sure that I was ruining not only the lives of my children, but my own as well, God brought me to Missional Call. The time I spent there was so refreshing that later that evening, when another hiccup slapped our plans, I turned to my husband and said, “God totally prepared me for this today.” That, my friends, is the power of words aptly spoken. Later, I followed links to find Rosilind’s personal blog, A Little R&R. I’ve since discovered that she not only has a crazy cool heart for missions and the folks engaged in doing the work, but also for her family, for God’s grace, and for taking the mundane and pointing to the gems contained therein. I am so delighted to share some of her work here. Join me in waving hello!


It’s chilly as I sit here typing.  My cup of coffee next to me on the table.  Luna – our new dog is chasing flees and I’m trying to pretend the boys are not awake as they chatter away in their beds.

Everywhere my eyes look there are messes.  The living room is littered with toys, bags, cups from last night, bowls of crusted whatever-it-was-we-snacked-on-last-night (a testimony to the fact that indeed we are powerless against our late-night cravings!), enormous piles of laundry await today’s promise that we will be hooked up to city water.
Even greater piles of dishes are crammed in my kitchen – so we’ll have cereal for breakfast since there is no place to cook anything until I get them washed…

Yes, I could go on and on.  I haven’t even started talking about the office work I have to do.

So much to do, so little time. (So clearly I should be sitting here blogging, right?)

And yet as I read Paul’s instruction to us to:

“set your minds on things above and not earthly things.”
my first response would be, “Yea right, Paul!  With a toddler and a preschooler in a house that we’re remodeling
and a yard that’s been dug up to kingdom come in rainy season…
and a house that looks like a huge toy bomb exploded in it,
I’m supposed to just pretend I don’t live in chaos-ville and just think about heaven?”
Jesus also told us to invest in heaven, not on earth.
Where are hearts are, that is where our treasure is.
For moms this is particularly hard, because we have so much “earthly” responsibility, it is very easy to get caught up in the vortex of cleaning,
washing, cooking, baking, comforting, changing diapers….listening to Barney sing, “I love you, you love me” for the millionth time…
And in the midst of mommyhood and all the responsibility it brings, we forget about heaven.
We forget about laying up our treasures there.
We’re just trying to get through the day so we can collapse in our beds – in hope that we actually get to stay there once we get there!
And yet, there is a way we can do both.  Because neither Paul nor Jesus asks that we pretend we don’t have more work than hours in the day.
They were not advocating ignoring housework and motherhood.
They were simply reminding us that:One
day, all we see, taste, touch, hear and smell will pass away.  And then we
have to face eternity
.

We must invest in eternity!

Here are 6 ways I’ve discovered that you can daily invest in eternity:

1. While you clean, pray for your unsaved neighbor or friend.

2. While you change diapers, share with your children about Jesus, how He loves
them and is happy when they obey.

3. While you do dishes, sing songs of praise to Him.

4. Let your children see you read your Bible, pray, and worship.

 5. Take moments out of your day to teach your children the Word of God.

 6. While you bathe them, sing Bible songs with them.

While you do your earthly tasks, mingle them with little eternal investments.

And turn your gaze upward…
Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Look full in His wonderful face
And the things of earth
Will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and
grace
Rosilind is an American girl married to a Bosnian guy who
lives in a small village just outside of Zagreb. They have two crazy boys who
are as opposite as boys can be. When Rosilind isn’t writing, she is dreaming up
recipes and searching for ways to organize her home better. She writes at A Little R & R, where she
encourages women embrace what God has created them to be, and is the founder of
Missional Call – a resource center
and community for missionaries and those who are passionate about missions.

4 thoughts on “6 Ways Moms Can Invest in Eternity

  1. Thanks, Heather, for featuring Rosilind. This was such a refreshingly typical day with young children and the need to see Jesus in the chaos. It reminded me of the days, not so long ago when we had septic issues (too often) and laundry piled sky high and children bouncing around making it a challenge to meet with the Lord. This will give encouragement to so many.

  2. Thank you for these reminders Rosilind. These are also great ways to grow your children’s faith along with yours! :)

  3. Thank you so much for letting me borrow some space here. And I was so touched by your story about how you found Missional Call. That made my day. God is so good to give us exactly what we need. Isn’t He?

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