Showing Honor....

What's up bloggy folks?  I am sitting here sharing my breakfast with Maddie.  Although she has already had her own breakfast (she didn't share at all--I'm not bitter, I'm just sayin), she feels entitled to partake with me too.  The kid is hilarious!  I think she also needs some kind of support group for toddlers who drink too much juice.  If she doesn't have a juice in her hand and I tell her no more juice for right now, she goes into hysterics and proceeds to cry.  It's not pretty or cool.  I love Maddie with all of my heart!!  She is awesome, but I really do think she needs some kinda of intervention with the juice thing.  I titled my blog post as "Showing Honor".  I have listened to two sermons about honor and my Lifegroup study this week speaks about honor.  Do you think the Lord is trying to teach me something?  Don't you just love when all that God stuff comes at you from different directions. It makes my relationship with the Lord even more real.  Maybe that sounds crazy and immature, but I love when He takes time to teach me and in turn my faith in Him grows deeper.  The Bible says in Romans 12:10(b) Honor one another above yourselves.  Wow!!!  I will be honest in saying that a lot of the time I put myself above others.  I concern myself with questions like "How is that going to effect me?" and "If I do this thing (whatever it is), how much is it going to put me out?".  I don't know about you, but I really want to honor others above myself. I believe it is a mindset that you have to ask the Lord to give you. We don't naturally want to honor others above ourselves.  While I was listening to a sermon on honor, the pastor made a statement that I hope will be with me forever.  He said three little words.  No, it wasn't pass the peas.  I know that is what you were thinking, but not the right answer this time (don't worry 95.7% of my jokes are not that funny, ok 95.8%).  He actually said...."and then some". What if I took the time to go out of my way to show honor to someone?  When you show honor to someone you are giving them value and worth.  Could it be possible to cook your spouse his favorite dinner this week?  Or maybe your spouse asks you to unload the dishes and you just go ahead with your sweet self and wipe off all the counter tops too!  Not for any other reason than to honor that person. I know I mentioned some ways we could honor each other in our marriage relationships, but there is a whole world out there that we could show value and worth (honor) to.  Honor when it is hard--when it takes away from your wants and desires.  Remember...."and then some".