Serve him, and Him

This week has been interesting for me.


This week has been about setting aside my own plans, agendas, hopes, desires, and needs. It has been about uncertainty and needing to go with the flow.


My husband had minor knee surgery, and has been home resting, healing, reading and sleeping.


It really hasn't been that hard, but I realize that the typical flow in our home has been disrupted and I am not getting things done like I would like to.


But as I prayed about this day ahead, I realized that in my simple actions this week (again, it hasn't been hard at all and he really is doing fine!) I have the opportunity to teach my children some amazing things.


I hope that in my caring for my husband I am showing them humility- that I am willing to serve Him through serving him. The boys are seeing me tending to his needs and I hope that they see tenderness and a willingness to help others. I hope they learn what it looks like to put someone before yourself.

I hope that they also see a good marriage and know that mommy and daddy love eachother. I hope they see something they want. I hope I am showing them what a good wife looks like. I hope they see that life and love are not always about what you get out, it's not always about the twitterpated moments and fun. Love perseveres.

And then I start thinking... shouldn't my kids be seeing this in me all the time? This week has maginified it for me, however, as parents, as believers we are to be modelling Christ living on a daily basis. I should be serving my husband in love every day so that my children will see it. I should be serving them with a joyful spirit so that they see Christ in me. I should be putting myself last and not grumble about it. The boys should be seeing marriage modelled everyday in the ways we treat eachother.

This is a good reminder for me. The boys look to me as a model for so many things. This is scary and exciting. I hope that they see Him in me. I know I constantly fail. But today I am challenged to put myself aside and just Serve Him, and him...