Yet it doesn’t matter where you are or what you’re doing at this moment, this is because you’re significant and important. Find joy in doing all that you have to do. The scripture quoted at the beginning of this post entreats us to “Do all things without murmurings and disputings….” This is important to remember and encourage yourself with. Whether you’re a stay at home mum, a waitress or stuck in a job that you hate, decide to be joyful. You may not be able to see the impact you’re making but I promise you you are.

Let me illustrate this with a story. There is a woman who works at a shop in the mall. She hates her job and complains about how she hates her job (she can’t just stop complaining to her friends and family). She had initially accepted the job because she thought she would find something better to do later. After so many years she realised that she was stuck at a job she hated. From my perspective the woman had two options either to stay happy and choose to do her job with joy or spend the rest of her days being grumpy and bitter. She chose the later. However there were people who went to shop at her store simply because of her! They loved speaking to her because she had such a lovely personality. One shopper in particular always came into the shop when it was less busy so that he could hang out with his favorite shop attendant. Rather than appreciate her job and how many people came by just to see her, she chose to see the negative. 

The mistake most people make is that they dwell on everything that is wrong at any given moment rather what is right. There may never be a moment when everything is right for you to be happy. Focus on what’s important even in the insignificant chores that you have to do. See everything you do as though you’re doing it unto the Lord. You may not be where you want to be but you can be happy where you are. Happiness does not lay in things or in others. Happiness is a choice, decide to be happy.

Be encouraged to be happy and do all that you do with the right heart.