Pancakes or Cereal

Typically on Thursday mornings I like to make breakfast for the family. It's my day off and instead of the regular routine of everybody just making cereal or oatmeal, i like to have a family breakfast together around the table. Pancakes are the usual choice since we typically have the mix and Aidan likes to make them with me. Our special ingredient is to add some of the liquid coffee creamer to the mix to give it a little something extra. I really enjoy the breakfast time together and see it as more than just food. It's a way to serve my family who often serves me and ministry willingly. It's a way for me to be the one making sure we all are sitting around the table talking instead of Cindy always having to be the one to ensure it. It's also something that I take pride in, I am the breakfast guy at our house. I am offended when the kids don't want to eat. I get a little angry inside if they do not want to wait the extra 30 minutes to eat so we can have a hot breakfast with everyone.
The breakfast started out as a way to start our day together with everyone around the table enjoying each other. Thursdays are sacred. It's the one day we have all to ourselves. The heart behind it in the beginning was pure and just. But now sometimes I care more about them liking what I am doing for them over wanting to just spend time together. It ends up being more about me than the family or them. I am doing exactly what Saul did in 1 Samuel 15... God asks him to do something and spells it out very clearly, but Saul chooses to do it his own way... And when God asks him through the prophet Samuel why he did not obey Saul says "Yes the people took some stuff that you asked us not to, but they were going to give it back to you as a sacrifice and offering". Then Samuel says, Has the Lord as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice."
Sometimes we get caught up in doing things our way and saying that it is for God, when really we lost the heart of obedience. It has become more about doing it my way than enjoying obeying the voice of God. I know God told me to have that time as a family on Thursday mornings, but does it really matter if we eat pancakes or cereal?