This afternoon, once we were home from church, the kids and I did some baking(we've started using baking as a bribe...'if you can sit reverently during sacrament meeting, which is an hour long, than we can bake something once we get home'; but we pretty much baked every Sunday anyways). We baked sugar cookies which most of you probably know makes a pretty big mess. All the usual bowls, measuring cups and utensils, cookie sheets, cooling racks, ingredients etc. and then on top of that, the big floury mess on the counter top that needs to be scraped off and the rolling pin, cookie cutters etc.
It took us awhile to get all the cookies baked and on the cooling racks and by the time we were done we were getting hungry for dinner. I cleaned up the flour and sticky dough counter tops but left the rest of the mess, for the time being, and started on dinner which left another big mess. Once we finished up dinner we frosted some cookies and ate them and then everyone went outside to relax... accept for me. I thought I'd better clean up the kitchen a bit since it looked like a tornado had just gone through. I'd been cleaning for a little while when I started thinking, "I really don't want to be doing this right now, I want to be outside with my family, especially on the sabbath." At that precise moment I remembered the story from the bible of Mary and Martha. Mary was at Jesus feet listening to his word while Martha was back in the kitchen working(or something along those lines). Martha came out and asked, 'Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.' I didn't have that entire scripture memorized, I just looked up the exact quote for blogging, but I had remembered the gist of the story and thought I'd better choose that better part and spend some quality time with all my family while they were awake and enjoying one another; the dishes could wait until later.
It took us awhile to get all the cookies baked and on the cooling racks and by the time we were done we were getting hungry for dinner. I cleaned up the flour and sticky dough counter tops but left the rest of the mess, for the time being, and started on dinner which left another big mess. Once we finished up dinner we frosted some cookies and ate them and then everyone went outside to relax... accept for me. I thought I'd better clean up the kitchen a bit since it looked like a tornado had just gone through. I'd been cleaning for a little while when I started thinking, "I really don't want to be doing this right now, I want to be outside with my family, especially on the sabbath." At that precise moment I remembered the story from the bible of Mary and Martha. Mary was at Jesus feet listening to his word while Martha was back in the kitchen working(or something along those lines). Martha came out and asked, 'Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.' I didn't have that entire scripture memorized, I just looked up the exact quote for blogging, but I had remembered the gist of the story and thought I'd better choose that better part and spend some quality time with all my family while they were awake and enjoying one another; the dishes could wait until later.
