"Can you call so and so..", "Will you make me an appointment"...does it ever end?! It seems at times it is a constant barrage of requests and demands. And all I can't help but question... who does for me?! It's easy to get caught up the mentality that I do it all, and for what? Nobody appreciates it. It only makes them ask for more. I work too! I want to come home and relax too! I have made myself so indespensible that they won't let me. They think all I am here for is them.... I just want some RESPECT!
I am guilty of this "me-itis". I constantly add up the "points" in my head of who does what, but it's not about keeping score. We shouldn't do things for people with the expectaion of a pat on the back or a returned favor. We do things out of selflessness and love. We do things for others because we have been asked to live as Christ lived. To show people His love through our actions. God sent His only son to make the ultimate sacrifice for me...asking nothing in return. And I want praise and recognition for washing dishes! Definitley gives me some perspective and with this perspective comes refection. I begin to see the times that someone else has put the dishes away so I didn't have to after a long day. I see the cup of coffee my husband makes and brings me every morning without fail. I see the empty trash can that I had planned to empty when I got a moment. I see the hugs and kisses I get for no reason at all. That's 10 times...no a 1,000,000 times better than RESPECT that is LOVE! This is the greatest ROI imaginable.
Today's Blessings: Blessed to be surrounded by people who love me and show me daily through all of the "little" things that mean so much. And blessed for Christ's huge sacrifice that was so undeserved.
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