Benji makes the best cookies, ask anyone. My Grandma even request Benji's cookies every Christmas, and if I offer to bring anything people always ask me if Benji will make some cookies. I have tried and tried to make cookies as good as him, but i never get it right. They just don't come out the same. So Benji always ask me did I put the love in it. When ever I make something and it just doesn't come out right we always joke I must have forgotten the love. Leighton even remembers the love when she cooks, and reminds me to put the love in it. Benji loves to cook, he enjoys everything about it, I cook out of need, we have to have food. I'm a good cook, it's not that i don't know how, it's just I don't exactly enjoy to cook. Benji however loves to and he takes his time to make it perfect, every meal, and he always adds something special or changes a recipe to make it his own. I love this about him.
Where am I going with this, o.k. So I have been struggling in my life in many area's. I've been feeling like I'm not a good wife, I think Benji doesn't want to be around me, I've been feeling I haven't been the best mother, I feel like my family doesn't remember me, like my friends don't really want to be around me. It's been bad, my emotions are going out of control. I haven't been the best to all of them either. So I was crying out to God, or I guess I was complaining that I'm not happy with how things have been going in my life. And I felt him say "Did you put the love in it?" Immediately I knew it was me that had been wrong, not Benji, not my kids, not my family, not my friends. ME!!! I hadn't put the love into all of my relationships, I had been only thinking of myself, and what I should be gaining out of all of that. This is not what God asks of us, He asks us to love everything we do. To enjoy it, and take care of it. The bible says, "But have not love, I gain nothing" 1 cor. 13:4 I wasn't gaining anything. The bible is true to it's words.
It goes on to say "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, ti is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails" 1 cor. 13:4-7 I failed all of these in one day. I just thought how wrong do I have it, I had to ask God to forgive me, and thank you for loving me so much that you revealed the truth to me. I'm going to take this one step farther, The bible also says that " God is love 1 john 4:8 So once again I'm reminded with out God in all things, we will fail in our callings as a wife, a mother, a daughter, a sister, a friend, a co-worker, and so on. God calls us to love everything and everyone, so with out God we can not truly love the way he intended.
So I ask you if a relationship is not going the way you feel it should, or you are hurting by something or someone, or if something is not working out the way you think it should, Did you put the love in it?
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amazing!
i love it. every word. i love how God makes things so personal. I also love Benji's cookies. And by the way, I love you too and you are always, always welcome around me friend!
How beautiful! So many times I am at a similar place. You are a wonderful wife and mother. And I cherish your friendship very much.
i, many times, have had the privilege of feeling "the love" by your actions. remember the day you showed up with lunch for me, just outta nowhere?? you never knew what i was feeling prior to your arrival, and i never had to tell you because your kindness erased it all.
you have a gift for remembering the love, and i feel blessed to be on the receiving end of it.
benji may have the cookies, but you have that amazing gift of wisdom and friendship that can't be duplicated either.
love you.
Keri, you’re love for Benji, your kids, your family and your friends is amazing and evident in the way you interact with them. I for one can say that you’re an awesome friend. Thanks for the reminder!
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