Confession: Sometimes I feel used. My kids, ages 5, 3 and 1 like to use me to be their maid, servant, etc. As I handed my 5 year old daughter a snack she had requested yesterday, she said, "Mom, that's not what I ordered." Hmmm, I wonder why I feel so used sometimes?
Truth: That's the point, isn't it? To be used? Jesus became the servant of all when he humbled himself to arrive as a baby on earth, only to later have our every sin cast on him as he was crucified. I want to strive to be like him, right? Not that I want my children to take me for granted, but I can lead them to be servants as well, by providing an example, and requiring the same from them. And the Bible confirms it for me in Romans 12:1 where it says, "Therefore, I urge you, dear brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God - this is your spiritual act of worship."
