I started something that the girls hate and I love. I am charging them penalties for missed chores. So far, the Salvation Army is going to have a bountiful Christmas from my beautiful girls.
God is like that, but so much more subtle. We get tasked by God to do things, like be a mom, work at a job, help someone, and what do we do when the tasks are handed to us?
We half do them. We are given a task, like love and care for our children and we give more time to our jobs, friends or going out. Sure, we care for the kids, I mean, you go to jail if you don’t. But caring and CARING are two different things. When did you last spend time doing something THEY wanted to do, just for fun… and I am not talking about going to the arcade.
I am talking about taking a walk and just spending time, listening. Do you listen to them? Do you take the time to really get to know your kids just like when your husband courted you? Do you know and love them like they are in a relationship with you, and not like they are accessories?
That is the difference between doing the task and making the task yours. God gives us tasks and we shoud make them our tasks. Remember when you were a child and mom asked if you wanted to help with the Christmas cookies? You couldn’t wait and she had to keep telling you to wait, to not dump the flour, to not fling the dough, to not eat too much of the dough, to … well you get it.
So, when was the last time you did the tasks God had given you like you were going to help mom with the Christmas cookies? And does He really need to twist your arm to get you to do them, like I have to twist my girl’s arms just a little? I know it will change, I can see it already. Can you be like that too?
