09/11/2025
🌿 Table Talk: When the News Feels Bigger Than My Home
Sometimes when I open the news, I feel myself getting stirred up.
If it’s good news, I want to strive out there — to be on the frontlines, to give, to serve, to make an impact in the community. If it’s evil news, I feel the pull to seek justice, defend, and stand boldly for what’s right.
And yet, when I compare those headlines with the daily rhythms of home — potty training, putting dishes away, sweeping the kitchen floor for the third time, folding laundry — I can start to wonder if what I do here even matters.
But Scripture reminds me of the truth behind what I see:
Ephesians 6:12 (ESV)
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
The news shouldn’t surprise us. The enemy is at work in this world.
Ephesians 2:2 (ESV)
…in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
And Scripture warns us:
Isaiah 5:20 (ESV)
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
Romans 1:28–32 (ESV)
And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
This is the reality of a broken world.
But for those of us who belong to Christ, there’s another reality we must cling to: the victory is already won.
Colossians 2:15 (ESV)
He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.
1 Corinthians 15:57 (ESV)
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
So what do these truths mean to me — a stay-at-home mom with littles who need me?
It means I am called to be right here, right now. I may not change the world, but I can shepherd the hearts that will be the change. To train my little one's in the way that they should go. To teach them to love God, to seek justice love mercy and walk humbly with the Lord. (Prov 22:6 & Micah 6:8)
And to all homemakers out there who may share the same thoughts as me at time: take courage. You are right where God has called you to be. Lean into this season with faith, and overcome evil by doing good. Let's not become distracted from the first ministry.
Romans 12:21 (ESV)
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
So today, I will keep potty training, sweeping the floor, folding the laundry, washing the dishes — not because it looks significant to the world, but because it is obedience to Christ. And in His kingdom, no act of faithfulness is wasted. 💛
