{"id":26578,"date":"2015-07-03T00:15:22","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T04:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=26578"},"modified":"2015-07-02T17:59:51","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T21:59:51","slug":"this-is-the-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/07\/03\/this-is-the-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"This Is The Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16629\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\" alt=\"psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv\" width=\"341\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg 341w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I lost my keys <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">In the great unknown <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">And call me please <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8216;Cause I can&#8217;t find my phone <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>This is the stuff that drives me crazy<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>This is the stuff that&#8217;s getting to me lately<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>In the middle of my little mess <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>I forget how big I&#8217;m blessed <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>This is the stuff that gets under my skin <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>But I&#8217;ve got to trust You know exactly what You&#8217;re doing <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Might not be what I might choose <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>But this is the stuff you use<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">45 in a 35 <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Sirens and fines <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">While I&#8217;m running behind <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">So break me of impatience <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Conquer my frustrations <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I&#8217;ve got a new appreciation <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">It&#8217;s not the end of the world<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p6WwCo3_0s4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Francesca Battistelli<br \/>\nSongwriters: Tony Wood, Ian Eskelin, Francesca Battistelli<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271e \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0*<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If I had to choose one word to describe my life, I would have to choose the word &#8216;<em>busy<\/em>.&#8217; \u00a0But within the <strong><em>busy<\/em> <\/strong>of my life is a fair amount of routine&#8212;certain things happen at certain times each week, tasks need to be completed over and over again, kids need to be fed, clothes need to be washed, bills need to be paid. \u00a0My <strong>busy<\/strong> can become very <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">mundane<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year I heard something that has stuck with me. \u00a0I don&#8217;t remember where I heard it, or who said it, but God has been shining a light on this theme consistently: &#8216;<strong><em>Find beauty in the mundane.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0&#8216; \u00a0The everyday happenings, the losing of keys, the washing of clothes&#8230;find beauty in it all.<\/p>\n<p>I had a client tell me the other week that she loved ironing. \u00a0I&#8217;m sure I gave her a confused look, because she followed by saying that there is something about taking a wrinkled piece of fabric and working with it until it becomes something beautiful. \u00a0Now, I&#8217;m not going to say that <strong><em>I<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0look at the pile of clothes needing to be ironed and see a work of art&#8230;but I understand what she is saying. \u00a0It is so easy to get pulled into frustration and irritation when we think of doing the things we truly dislike but that still need to be done. Whether it is work, or home, or church, or any other responsibility, there will always be a level of mundane we will be working with.<\/p>\n<p>The days when I&#8217;m rushing to work, the days when I am struggling with motherhood and with being a wife&#8230;there is some mundane that life can be sometimes, a lot of the time. \u00a0All of these are tools God uses to show us who He is, to show us His love, to show us how blessed we truly are. \u00a0I can&#8217;t help but to wonder why I cannot find beauty in the mundane. Who said that I can&#8217;t look at a dirty kitchen or living room and see the beauty I can make of it, the beauty I can bless my family with.<\/p>\n<p>As a counselor we&#8217;re taught to help our clients re-frame, or, look at their situation from a different perspective. \u00a0We have to help people think of ways to see the world and their situations differently. \u00a0<em>But God!<\/em>\u00a0 But God gave us a book filled with ways to see the world as <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">He sees it<\/span><\/strong>. \u00a0Verse upon verse about learning to love the mundane. \u00a0I am going to make an intentional effort to look at life differently, and consider what God might be using to speak to me&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Might not be what I would choose <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>But this is the stuff You use<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271e \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0*<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Let&#8217;s pray<\/span><\/strong>: Lord, help us to see beauty in the mundane. \u00a0Help us to see You in the ins and outs of daily life. \u00a0In Jesus&#8217; name we pray, Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I lost my keys In the great unknown And call me please &#8216;Cause I can&#8217;t find my phone This is the stuff that drives me crazy This is the stuff that&#8217;s getting to me lately In the middle of my little mess I forget how big I&#8217;m blessed This is the stuff that gets under [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":16629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4937],"tags":[9102,4770,1287,425,9103,4932,7056,1075],"class_list":["post-26578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-beauty-in-the-mundane","tag-francesca-battistelli","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-looking-at-things-gods-way","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-this-is-the-stuff","tag-tonya-ellison","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-6UG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26578"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26583,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26578\/revisions\/26583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}