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“When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you truly love me more than these?” John 21:15 (NIV)

Meatloaf the second day or spaghetti when the sauce marinates – what’s your favorite leftover? Leftovers make my wife life easy. No meal to plan – just open the fridge and a quick warm up saves the dinner crisis. The best part is it usually tastes better, and Mom once again saves the day. While this works great in a crunch, the fridge eventually becomes empty leaving us with no choice than to get in the kitchen and cook a meal.

Do we ever find ourselves spread so thin that all we have to offer God is our leftovers? Work spins out of control, our list of “Things To Do” grows and before we know it another day is gone. Great intentions fly out the window too easily. Even when our schedule is empty, we often allow distractions and misplaced priorities to seize our “God time.”

Love the fact that God completely understands what our “wife life” is like. Love the way He accepts us chaos and all, but I’m certain God isn’t impressed when we constantly offer Him leftovers. I’m convinced God isn’t satisfied with our distracted, misplaced devotion that is easily justified because we know He will understand. Maybe, that’s why Jesus asked Peter, “Do you love me?” Because saying we love Jesus is too easy, but making Him a priority now that’s truly “more than these.”

“Father, help me to be a woman who loves You with all my heart, soul and mind.”
For His Glory

Janet Martin
TRBC Women’s Life