“…be imitators of God as dear children.
And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us,
an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.”
~Ephesians 5:1-2
As I prepared dinner earlier this week, Ruthie took up her
usual place of watching me by standing on a chair at the kitchen counter. She filled every void with her usual chatter
as I inserted an occasional “uh-huh” in an attempt to feign my attentiveness. Then, after a brief moment of silence, she
said,
“So this is what you have to do to be a mom. Cooking…washing dishes… I’m learning how to be a mom by watching
you.”
Gulp. She had no idea what sobering words she
uttered to my very soul. All I had done
and said in her short five years of life came rushing at me in a sort of
end-of-life experience. She’s watching
my every move. Studying it, even. Consciously.
O, Lord. I pray I am
a mom worth watching. Help me to walk in
the light of Your love, imitating You, studying You, so that in watching me,
Ruthie sees You. Please forgive my
feigned attentiveness to You and Your ways.
Please cleanse the stench of my selfishness so that my life as a mom
might be a sweet-smelling sacrifice to You.
Amen.
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