Yesterday was Kristy's birthday. She had a great day. Breakfast with a good frined, the afternoon shopping, dinner with her parnets (and me and the kids), then the Karate Kid to cap the day off. The kids, her folks, and I all wanted to make this a great day for her so we gave her carte blanch power to do whatever she wanted. She had a great day.

I on the other hand had a long and tiring day. Most of me was pumped to give her the freedom to do whatever. Yet there was a part of me that I am embarassed by and a little shocked still exists. Part of me didn't want to serve Kristy. Part of me rebelled on the inside. Part of me wants me to always be at the receipient of someone elses services. Part of me was tired of serving someone else.

The apostle Paul in Romans 12:1 talks about offering our bodies as living sacrifices. His languages points to an ongoing action and not a one time thing. He would say in his letter to the Phillipians to consider others as better than yourself. And in Ephesians he encourages husbands to love wives like Christ loved the church - by dying to self. Yikes. That little part in me was upset I had to yet again offer myself as a sacrifice. It was perterbed I had to consider another better than my self. And it certainly wanted nothing to do with loving Kristy like Christ loved the church.

And Yet by God's grace that little part stayed the minority part locked away on the inside. Because this was so, Kristy had a great day. Hmmm... When I followed Christ's way instead of my preferred way another person was blessed and in turn my day ended wonderfully. A good lesson about life learned on my wifes birthday - don't you think,

Peace and Joy
Rob