Do everything…

September 19, 2011 | My Jottings

When my children were young we listened to a lot of music in our house and car. Randy Stonehill, Petra, Amy Grant, Farrell and Farrell, and Steven Curtis Chapman, just to name a few. It’s been a long time since I’ve purchased a new Steven Curtis Chapman CD, but after I heard this song for the first time recently, I think I just might get this one.

A new (already dear) friend named Linda told me about this song and how it had touched her, so I looked it up on YouTube and liked it right away. Then I listened again and liked it more. Then I listened again and pretty much loved it.

The music video is amusing and clever, and I like how SCC pokes fun at himself a bit all throughout. But as you listen, try to follow the words too.

I don’t even know where to begin some days in trying “to do everything I do to bring a smile to God’s face.” I’m a pretty big failure at this. But I can truly sense those infrequent times when I do bring a smile to His face, and honestly, there’s nothing else like it. It usually has to do with being patient, encouraging, unoffended, selfless and other near-impossible traits.

I want the little things I do to matter. Don’t you? Don’t you want to know that if you clean the toilet, wipe up the ketchup from the floor, hold your tongue when you could let it rip, when you hug a child, encourage your spouse, brush your teeth, and peel some potatoes over and over again, it’s not all meaningless? That if done with the right attitude (there’s the rub) it really could matter to God? And that it could matter for eternity?

This song by Steven Curtis Chapman makes me laugh. And it makes me hope. And it makes me want to do better. Tell me what you think after you’ve watched it through….

Do Everything

You’re picking up toys on the living room floor
for the 15th time today
Matching up socks and sweeping up lost
Cheerios that got away
You put a baby on your hip and color on your lips
and head out the door
And while I may not know you, I bet I know you
Wonder sometimes does it matter at all?
Well let me remind you it all matters just as long as you

Do everything you do to the glory of the One who made you
‘Cause He made you to do
Every little thing that you do to bring a smile to His face
And tell the story of grace
With every move that you make
And every little thing you do

Ooh ooooh oooooh

Maybe you’re that guy with the suit and tie
Maybe your shirt says your name
You may be hooking up mergers, cooking up burgers
But at the end of the day

Little stuff, big stuff, in between stuff
God sees it all the same
And while I may not know you, I bet I know you
Wonder sometimes does it matter at all?
Well let me remind you it all matters just as long as you

Do everything you do to the glory of the One who made you
‘Cause He made you
To do every little thing that you do to bring a smile to His face
And tell the story of grace with every move that you make
And every thing that you do

Well maybe you’re sitting in math class
Or maybe on a mission in the Congo
Maybe you’re working at the office
Singing along with the radio
Maybe you’re dining at a five-star
Or feeding orphans in Myanmar
Anywhere and everywhere you are
Whatever you do it all matters
So do what you do and don’t ever forget to

Do everything you do to the glory of the One who made you
‘Cause He made you to do
Every little thing that you do to bring a smile to His face
And tell the story of grace as you do
Everything you do to the glory of the One who made you
‘Cause He made you to do
Every little thing that you do to bring a smile to His face
And tell the story of grace with every move that you make
And every little thing you do

Ooh ooooh oooooh
Every little thing you do

by Steven Curtis Chapman

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We still have time to make our lives tell the story of His grace!

Comments

  1. Jessica says:

    I’ve been hearing this song on the radio a lot lately and every time I hear it it makes me stop and think. It gives me a much better perspective when I feel like grumbling about all the chores and not being appreciated etc. And lately I’ve been grumbling about that a lot. =(

  2. Just Julie says:

    It’s amazing how often we need reminders of the things we know the best, isn’t it Jessica? I’m right there with you…

  3. Larry says:

    Anyone can remember to do the big things and to get the big things right, but it is the little things in life that sometimes matter the most. Remembering to always do them to others, for others, in Him – pleases Him most.

  4. Just Julie says:

    I think you’re right, Lar. 🙂

  5. Helen in Switzerland says:

    Oh I couldn’t agree with you more! (Says she who has just spent a whole day cleaning and learning history and spellings with a sick child, and who is just about to go and dig some potatoes for dinner! You can see what a wild life I lead!)

  6. Just Julie says:

    I think your life sounds pretty interesting, Helen. I still believe you should write a book about it!

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