A couple days ago I came around the corner to find my two little sons huddled over something on the ground. Turns out it was a decorative piggy bank I was given years and years ago that usually sits empty on my dresser. The boys had taken coins from their own piggy banks and were depositing them into mine. When I asked what they were doing, my four year-old said, “Mommy, we put money in your piggy bank so you could buy whateverything you want!”
We are so blessed as parents to be able to give our children good gifts. When we do, it is a reflection of our Heavenly Father’s desire to give good gifts to us, His children. And what a special moment it is when our kids want to give good gifts back to us! Whether it’s pennies in the piggy bank or a precious Sunday School craft project, those things are priceless in the eyes of this mother.
I have to imagine that God loves to get gifts back from us, even if our efforts seem as feeble as imagining a couple pennies could buy “whateverying” we might want. Today I’m going to try mothering with a heart that says this is my gift back to God. A way to say thanks for the precious gift of my children.