...because of all of the things that I do around our home, yardwork offers the best sense of a semi-permanent accomplishment. If I trim the hedges and mow the weeds today, chances are that tomorrow, and maybe even a few weeks if I'm lucky, the yard is still going to look good. This is NOT the case with most of the other chores I do on a daily basis. No matter how many times the baby is nursed or changed, the family fed, the laundry done, the bathroom cleaned, or the floor swept, it's all going to have to be done again...sometimes moments after I think I've checked that particular chore off of my list.

For those of us who manage active households, entropy is not merely an abstract theory learned in high school physics. Want an active demonstration? Just let mom take a day off of doing whatever she does. Want a faster active demonstration? Let dad take the day off, too.

This really bugs me; but I confess that a disastrous house and dirty bathrooms bug me more (ironing, on the other hand, may feel free to pile up to the ceiling, as I can conveniently stash it in my closet!). So, I get off of my tush, and do what needs to be done.

The entropy in my spiritual life bugs me as well. Hebrews tells me to "...throw off the sin that so easily encumbers". Easily encumbers?? Am I the only one irked by that part of the verse? Now I've got dirty laundry piling up in my spiritual life; and I can tell you from harsh personal experience that hiding that stuff in a closet doesn't fly with a God who sees all things. Instead, it's back to the prayer closet; back to the Word; the Holy Spirit gently prodding me to get off of my duff and back to my housekeeping.

One of my sweet little entropy demonstrators is requesting (okay, screaming) for his nighttime feeding as I write this. A mamma's work is never done....