"Was I a loving, cheerful servant to my family, or did I seek my own glory, ease, and pleasure?
Sometimes, I admit, I find myself doing the eye roll myself..even if it just inward eye roll...over ONE MORE THING I have to do, give, find, cook or get. I do believe I have a servant's heart but for some reason it sometimes falters with the kids. Tonight Rach came in all excited as she finds me cooking. (Note to self: If you train them for more than 5 years to cook with you, they are going to want to CONTINUE to cook with you for forever)Lol. This is a GOOD thing self! I am sure as all 5 of us are cooking around the the Thanksgiving kitchen one day we will laugh at all the times I said, "Yes, sweetie, of COURSE you can come help me cook!)
ANYway...of course she can help me...so in she comes and completely takes over. Cutting veggies and chicken..asking me about spices and dumplings...oh, THAT'S right, I TRAINED them to cook. So she scoots me out and I sit down. And here I am. Typing while she happily does what God has cast upon her heart since the foundation of the world...being a cheerful servant and laying her life down for her family!
I can still LEARN from my own training of my own children? Amazing.
By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers."
1 John 3:16ESV
7 comments:
I love this Steph. I was thinking the other day while at my dad's how thankful I was that he trained me in the kitchen. It means more to me now than back then, because I did not appreciate that time when I was younger like I do today. He was a single, full-time working dad raising four girls (7, 6, 2 and 1) from the time I was seven. I do love when we get together now because we always congregate in his kitchen helping and taking over. :o)
My kids all love to cook, doesn't matter what it is they want to help. Sometimes I am tempted to shoo them away but most times they join in because I know all of my happiest memories from chidhood revolve around the kitchen and food (and that is why I am 50 pounds overweight!)
I am missing youSteph! I can't BELIEVE I have not seen the new baby! I am going to email you RIGHT NOW!
Am- I am dying to try your cooking...a good Italian. YUM!
Thanks for the reminder. I'm feeling really grouchy as we speak about having to get everybody in bed. It always seems like such a daunting task but it really isn't. Too often my kids go to bed after an encounter with a hurried grumpy mom. I'm eager for MY time to start but really no time is MY time and how selfish of me to treat them less than kindly just because I'm tired. I expect them to be kind and I need to be so in return.
About cooking--my answer is almost always no. I've GOT to start letting them help so they can really learn!
My Mom and I have different takes on my childhood kitchen experiences. She remembers me having no interest and I remember being shooed out! It was probably a combination, when she had time, I had no interest, lol!
Yeah, My Mom and I have different memories of ALL my childhood experiences.
Her: My life was perfect and she was the perfect Mom
Me: NOT. Lol
Oh Steph, the memory thing, same with my mom.
her: Don't you remember how calm and loving I was and how I loved having all of your friends over.
me:no, i remember you locking the front door on us all the time...(that's why I was always at my nana's)
and believe me, the locking the front door thing has been a big temptation around here lately!
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