"God doesn't want something from us. He simply wants us" -C.S. Lewis
Reading this quote makes me think of the husband who works long hours and weekends trying to provide his family with the "life they always wanted." Nice house, nice cars, toys for the kids, savings for college, etc. Amidst all the hard work the wife softly speaks to her husband in tears: "we miss you...your son just holds onto the baseball glove you bought him, waiting to play. Your daughter puts on the princess dress you bought her, not to play in it, but to just show you how pretty she looks. She waits at the back door...I have began to spite being in this house...because look at what it has cost us. we want you back."
Do you do the same thing towards God? Offering him all these things and spending all this time trying to serve him, yet amidst it all have neglected to love him and give yourself to him. Are we too busy serving like Martha, while not sitting at our Kings feet in worship like Mary? (Read Luke 10:38-42). God wants us. All of us. Let us not lose focus as we try to live out our faith in our family, church, and community. It all begins with love of God. If we don't love him rightly, we will not serve him rightly.
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