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| Written by TheJoyFilledWife |
The Lord put something on my heart to
share with you, in hopes that you may also inspire other women around you.
As Mother's Day is today,
I've loved asking other moms what their family has planned for this special
day. Some of them don't know what surprises await, but most of them have
discussed it with their husbands and children in advance. As they share with me
the plans their family has, I am often caught off-guard by the negative
responses I hear:
"Oh, they will probably give me something I don't need or that they already gave me a few years ago."
"My husband never seems to pick
out anything I like so I always end up returning it. He's learned to just keep
the receipt in the bag."
"They always buy me something THEY
want me to wear, but not something I would ever pick out in a million years.
Sometimes they take me somewhere or spend a lot of money on a gift and all I
can think about is how many other things I actually want that I could have
bought with that money."
The above examples are, sadly, ones I
am hearing often from women everywhere I go. And when I ask the husbands and children
on the other side what they have planned for this special day, most of the time
they respond in defeat that they always try and give their wife or mom
something special to show how much she is valued, but it is never good enough
or she just ends up complaining about it or returning it. Many of them say that
they wish that she would give them a glowing response and just used it on
occasion, even if it's not exactly what they want, as a sign of appreciation
for the thoughtfulness behind the gift.
Ladies, on this Mother's Day, I
want to urge you to consider the people and the heart behind the gifts you may
receive, rather than the worthiness of the gift itself. If you have a chance to
give hints to your husband or children of something specific you'd like, that's
great! But if the gift you are given, whether it's a physical gift or the gift
of quality time together, is not exactly what you would have chosen, I
encourage you to soak it up with a genuine smile and gratitude, knowing that
the important part of this whole thing is not about WHAT we are given, but WHO
God has given us. No gift can ever compare to that. :-)
Much love to you all on Mother's Day,
TheJoyFilledWife
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men
should do to you, do ye even so to them.
Matthew 7:12
