Special People

With the way the world is going; everybody busy, work, school, commitments, obligations, it all gets a bit hectic, and sometimes we forget about the important things. I hope this helps you to stop and take stock of the things that matter most to you..
One day, a young boy approaches his mother, who is busy working on her laptop. A single mom, she puts all her time into making sure that she can provide for her two children, taking care of school fees, bill payments, and everything in between..

"Mommy...", The little boy says, in a hushed voice, afraid to disturb his mom. "How much do you get paid per hour?"
"That's none of you business." She replies abruptly, still focusing on the work she is doing.
"Please Mommy, I would really like to know how much you get paid per hour."
Seeing that her son is going to persist, she doesn't need the distraction, so she decides to just answer him, "Fifty dollars."
The little boy looks at his hands, counting on his fingers, he pauses, then replies, "Mommy... Could I please borrow Twenty dollars?"
The mother takes her glasses off, slowly turns to look at her son, her eyes still adjusting from the light of her computer screen, with an annoyed expression on her face, quickly growing impatient, "Twenty dollars? Is that the only reason you asked me how much I get paid? Just so that I could give you Twenty dollars?"
The little boy's bottom lip starts to quiver. "Please Mommy, could I borrow Twenty dollars, it's for something important, I promise."
Eventually the mother decides to do whatever she needs to, in order to eliminate this distraction. She leans across and pulls her black leather purse out of her hand-bag. Unclasping the small silver buckle, she opens her purse and retrieves a folded Twenty dollar note, and stretches across to her son, who slowly pulls it from her fingers. "Thank you." The little boy says excitedly, before turning and dashing out the door and into his bedroom.
The mother, having lost her train of thought, and curious about what her son is up to, closes her laptop, lifts herself to her feet, and quietly follows, into her son's bedroom, where she sees him sitting on his bed, pulling a handful of notes from under his pillow, counting them out onto his lap.
"Why did you ask me for money if you already have all that? What are you up to?"
The little boy, stunned by his mother's harsh tone, but determined to finish his task, folds all the notes neatly together, slides off his bed, his little feet silently landing on the carpet beneath him, shuffles timidly towards his mother, his short arm out-stretched towards her, handing over the money. He says, "Mommy, here is Fifty dollars. Please could I buy one hour of your time so that you can come downstairs and have supper with us before bedtime?"
The mother, finally realising what her son was trying to accomplish, with tears beginning to well up in her eyes, falls to her knees, and embraces her son in her arms. "Come, lets go have supper."

When life gets a bit too frantic, some times we forget what is really important to us. It is easy to overlook the amazing things that are right in front of us. God doesn't charge you a single cent for His time, yet Jesus paid the ultimate price so that we could spend time with the ones we love. Don't you think we ought to find a bit of time in our busy lives to share with Him in return?