Who’s Getting the Leftovers?

Today started out pretty rough for me. I wasn’t feeling well and I was just plain NOT prepared for the day. As I was attempting to “survive” the day, I took a break to check out the Small Things Challenge over at Company Girls. The challenge was to take an old classic and put a new twist on it. Well, when I read it I was trying to figure out what I was going to make the kids for lunch. Then it struck me…my new twist on something old would be the same ole PBJ sandwiches, but cut into hearts with a cookie cutter. See, I had been taking out all my frustrations and my plain ole bad attitude out on my kids today. When they saw the hearts, their little faces lit up. I took advantage of the opportunity to apologize to them for yelling at them. My eyes watered up as I looked into their faces. I sat there and looked at the leftover crusts from making the heart sandwiches, which I decided would be my lunch. It made me realize that I had been giving the kids my leftovers. I was not giving them all that they needed. I was not being the mommy that they needed. I was selfish and I let my frustrations and bad attitude get the best of me. Well, at that moment I decided that for today they were going to get the heart {my heart} and not the leftover crusts {my impatience, frustrations, and bad attitudes}. It got me to thinking…if our kids deserve our hearts and not our leftovers, how much more does God deserve our heart rather than our leftovers. If our kids light up with happiness when we give them our hearts, how much more is God pleased when we give Him our whole hearts…rather than our leftovers!