My MBA degree

just for the record...

i am a glass half full kinda girl...

 

so with that said... let me share...

 

i'm not sure exactly what i thought 

that adding two boys to the already chaotic mix would look like...

but the reality is... it is hard! 

GODS PERFECT PLAN but hard!

 

and as i struggled through another day on wednesday...

(testy, whiny, frustrated... must i say more)...

my God who has such a sense of humor...

and who loves me and you so much,

decided it was time for this little

spoiled girl to get an "object lesson"

concerning her attitude :)

 

i don't know about your life...

but in my life... these are always painful...

PERFECT but painful!

 

so the kids and i had gone to a food distribution center to work,

to bag food, pack food, distribute food... (you get it)

and that's exactly what we were doing,

when God who knows my heart

decided i had some work to be done!

 

i had walked to find a shopping cart

when i noticed coming out of the bottom of a trash can...

beginning to cover the concrete floor...

orange thick liquid... ugggggggg...

cracked gallons of sunny d!

 

i stepped over it... and walked onward...

to complete what i was working on,

when God spoke quietly to my

ridiculously selfish spirit...

and the words were clear.... 

change your attitude... GET A MOP!

 

let's be transparent...

here is the childish thought i had...

"now wait a minute...

i came to distribute food,

and if i get in that mess... i can't!

i'll be covered..."

and i heard it again... 

change your attitude... GET A MOP!

 

so i began the process of finding a mop...

finding a bucket...

running some water...

and mopping the floor!

 

 

and during that exercise of humility...

(for a very stubborn girl)...

God in His sweetness

gave me a hard, gentle reminder as i heard His voice again...

speaking quietly...

 

"learn from me, LeAnn...

a heart of love and humility

is what i am teaching you...

in humility, love does what is needed!"

 

awwwwwwwwww! 

i hate being reminded i have

fallen into selfishness yet again!

 

see in all that is happening in our home...

i lost perspective...

i began looking at the obstacles of each day...

instead of the God i serve...

i become focused on the things that needed to be done,

instead of the people i was to love!

 

i had gotten lost in the grind of the days...

and had forgotten to gird myself with a towel

and wash anothers feet...

 

this is the love i know from my Savior,

and the call i have as His disciple. 

 

so He lovingly reminded me as i mopped

of my agreeing to a

*MBA degree

(mop bucket attitude - degree)

when i willingly chose to follow Him!

 

*MBA degree

i did not coin this phrase... i just use it alot...

if you have not heard of this before here is

where it comes from...

 

Dave Thomas, the founder of Wendy’s Hamburgers,

once appeared on the cover of the companies’ corporate annual report. 

He was dressed in a knee-length work apron

with a mop in one hand and a bucket in the other. 

When asked to describe the picture, here is what he said…

“I got my M.B.A. long before I got my G.E.D. 

At Wendy’s, M.B.A. does not stand for

“Masters of Business Administration”,

 instead it means “Mop Bucket Attitude”.