What's Really Important

So, last night while watching The Voice a car commercial came on. My eye didn't catch the brand of the car at first but there were two little boys washing a car and having a blast. You first see the soap suds and water spraying everywhere. Then you notice that the windows are down in the car along with the sun roof wide open. The next camera shot shows the little boys inside the car scrubbing away at the dashboard and even one with a brush polishing the dashboard controls. As water is being sprayed inside the car, one of the little boys standing up through the sun roof empties the bucket of water across the top of the car.

Yeah sounds like a nightmare…right?

Then the dad walks up with a shortly lived look of shock on his face. The boys freeze... "Hi Dad..." and the dad smiles, picks up a sponge and says "You missed a spot" and proceeds to wash the windshield. The commercial ends with "One day I'll look back on this day and laugh. Love, what makes a Subaru a Subaru."

It hit me quickly…How do we respond to life's situations?

Here you see a father walking up on his two boys working hard trying to please him by washing his car. At that moment He could have went berserk, yelling at them and throwing a fit. Probably how we would have all reacted. But the father's reaction wasn't one of anger where he screamed at his boys probably embarrassing them and cutting them down in their attempt of a good deed. He came with a smile and love.

God has blessed us with all kinds of things. The most valuable are the relationships He has given us. So why do we place material things above these? Most of us are taught to react to life's situation with panic and anger. But what if we had the wisdom to take a moment to think and respond properly. It made me think about how I react to situations and what it will teach my boys. Honestly it’s easy to see all this through someone else’s life. But I pray I'm able to respond with wisdom and love and to one day sit back and laugh at the moments that pass through my life.

"Love, what makes a Subaru Christian a Subaru Christian." 

1 Corinthians 13:13 

Three things will last forever: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.

Lord, I pray that you guide me with Your wisdom and strength to deal with life's situation in a way that shows Your love and mercy. Let my actions and reactions prove that I have received Your love and that I have shown love to the ones You have placed in my life.

Psalms 25:4-7

Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths.

Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, 

and my hope is in you all day long.

Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old.

Do not remember the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways;
according to your love remember me, for you, Lord, are good.

Check out the Subaru kid car wash commercial 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWB1kdbMLwM