"Mommy for sale...only 50 cents! Mommy for sale only 50 cents!"
Mommy for sale...only 10 cents! Mommy for sale only 10 cents!"
Mommy for sale only 1 cent! Mommy for sale only 1 cent!"
This song can be heard all over the house when our Twins, Emily and Alex sing it at the top of their lungs. They sing it with such enthusiasm that it makes one wonder if they really mean it. Of course they really don't. They are just repeating a song from a movie that the Olsen Twins star in where they try to sell their brother and so they sing, " Brother for sale...etc" It's a repetitive song and sometimes can get annoying but hey, at least I am worth something in their eyes. LOL Of course I know that they love me and that I mean the world to them. They cry when I leave the house and they aren't going. They fight over who is going to sit beside me at the supper table. They constantly hover around me and follow me from room to room and even though they don't quite understand the concept of monetary value. I know that in their eyes they wouldn't want to "sell" me to anyone. Goodness, they don't even want to share me with each other or their other siblings sometimes it drives me to the point where I want to sing at the top of my lungs,"Children for sale...only 5 cents" (I figure hey, 1 cent per child and I could be onto something here.... LOL) I am JOKING of course. My children are priceless!!!!!!
There are some things in life that we just can't put a price on and yet we take them for granted. The value of these things are so great that there isn't enough money in the world to come anywhere near being close to the worth of those things. Our husbands/wives, our marriages, our children, family and friends are sometimes under appreciated and taken for granted. We take life for granted even. In the end it is not going to matter how many people you impressed or how many material things you accumulated. It's not going to matter even how much your worth. What is going to matter is if you made a difference in the lives of people around you. If you shone a light where there was darkness or if you encouraged someone with a kind word or a smile.
Awhile back in my personal devotions, I began a study on the Proverbs 31 woman. The virtuous woman, the woman that God wants us to be. The woman I desire to become with Gods guidance and 'the woman whose price is far above rubies'. ( Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. Prov 31:10) I am not perfect and I fall short at times but I am so thankful for a loving, merciful God that can restore us and bring healing to our lives. He knows we are human and he doesn't expect us to be perfect. And all though His mercies are new and fresh every morning, that doesn't give us a license to do whatever we want to. ( It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. Lam 3: 22-23)
That kind of mercy is priceless and we shouldn't take it for granted. We have people in our lives right now that we don't show enough appreciation to. These people may have hurt us or disappointed us but sometimes we forget they do those things because they are hurting and not happy. If we could learn to not take it personally and see past their pain, I believe that we can make a difference in their life. We live in a world where getting even justifies everything, however it is forgiveness that releases us to a life of peace not the act of getting even. The act of forgiveness is priceless. Not only does it release you to heal from the hurt but it also frees you up to help others who may be facing the same thing. I know how hard it is to forgive. If you knew my life story and you will someday in the near future when I post my testimony, you would realize that I have had some terrible things happen to me as a child and in order for me to heal. I had to forgive those people that hurt me. Also, how can we expect God to forgive us if we refuse to forgive? You can't put a price on your loved ones even if they do disappoint you or hurt you. They are just as valuable as you are in the eyes of God. He is no respecter of persons and he loves us all the same. I encourage you to take that step and maybe give your loved one a hug or call them up and tell them how much they mean to you. You never know the impact you could make on a persons life. I leave you with a quote I heard one time:
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world!