Hubby has been gone for the last few days. I have been recovering from a virus. The kids have been sick as well. So, we have been watching movies. I have watched a couple that have made me think a little. Not because they were great thought provoking movies but because they hit upon something I have been thinking about lately.
The first movie was
No Greater Love. It is a very good movie on forgiveness. How many times a day do we say to our spouse or our children "Please forgive me" or "I forgive you?" Do we really mean those words? I know that I may say them but not necessarily mean them. I think I do and I want to do that but I don't really forgive them. According to dictionary dot com forgive means to cease to feel resentment or several other things. But for this it is to cease to feel resentment. Do we really stop resenting the action or the person right then? Do we never bring it up again? I can think of many times I have not forgiven someone for their actions as I should have. God commands us to do this. I need to do this in order to become more like Christ. It isn't always easy but it must be done. I must pray for the Lord to help me with this.
Another movie was
Julie and Julia. I must say that this movie made me think about how I serve my family with food. Do I serve meals to them with passion or do I serve them with an attitude of something I HAVE to do? I hate to say it but most of the time it is with an attitude that is not at all servant hearted. It is with an attitude of another check off of my to do list. Does this mean I should cook my way through Julia Child's cookbook? Not necessarily but I should be willing to try new things. And most of all I should want to cook for my family out of love and certainly not duty. Another thought from this movie is that I should also find something that I am passionate about and it would not have to be cooking. It could be many different things. What am I passionate about? I am passionate about God and my family. If these are my passions, why then do I not put them first? Why do I put other things first like facebook or e-mail or searching the blogosphere for something that is not fulfilling to me? Why do I spend hours 'researching' something that is really very low on my priority or 'passion' list?
As you can see these movies have impacted me even though one of them was in no way a Christian movie. I have decided to work on forgiveness. I am also going to work on something I am passionate about, my family. I haven't fully decided on how to do this but I do want to start cooking more for them even when hubby is at school or out of town. I do enjoy cooking but have felt that everything is very dull and boring right now. I want to set a goal of trying something new once every two weeks. It can be anything, a dessert, a main entree, a side dish. I desire to be more like a Proverbs 31 or a Titus 2 woman. I think that by trying to cook more and try new things this is serving my family and will eventually get me to be more of a Titus 2 or Proverbs 31 woman.
So I ask you, is there anyone you need to truly forgive? Is there any way you can have a passion for something that can also help you to be more servant hearted?
