{Payment at the Pump}

My husband deserves a Medal of Honor for putting gas in my car. Not because it’s a social expectation, not because it’s a man showing his protector lead masculinity in helping a woman. He’s not whipped or degraded.

It’s not a woman giving permission, over asking, or being manipulative for having help to pump her gas for something she is capable to do.

But it’s a picture of servanthood.
He is serving his wife— placing her as a cherished treasure. He is spending himself on her— with time, emotion, and action. She is reciprocal by placing the utmost respect that he is willing to work to put the gas in the car— acknowledged that he is spending his time energy and emotional self on serving her in a way he may find small— but is a big deal. She doesn’t belittle a mundane task— rather chooses to magnify it’s greatness. He cares about every detail of her life— how loved should she feel? And when a woman feels her husband’s love— the respect grows.

We thought it was just pumping gas; but it was work in a marriage. It was a servanthood based act of love and respect. Something so small made a big impact.

Don’t take for granted the small choices you make today. They might seem mundane— but there is power in the mundane parts of purposeful living.

1 Peter 4:10 (New International Version)

Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.