As we were in church, something triggered a realization for me. My heart had been totally focused on Karl. How to enjoy him, how to serve him, care for him, love him...all because it was "his" day. It made me realize that every day should be "Father's Day." There is no way I can cultivate that heart by myself.
I want my heart and mindset each day to be what Paul refers to as having the mindset of Jesus in Philippians 2:3-4, 7: "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of others...he [Jesus] made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant..."
I'm not perfect. Marriage has proven that! I won't remember this all the time. There will be days that are entirely mundane and others that are chaos. Only by God's grace and help from the Holy Spirit will I begin to change and be transformed to have more of this type of heart and mindset. One day at a time.
"Today is Father's Day."
