Progress …

Ahhhh! A little progress. A tiny glimpse of God’s work of sanctification and growth in grace in my life.
Ahhhh! Thanks, God. What a gift.

Here’s what happened …
I was looking around my–organized but dusty–home trying to figure out what toys and books had to be moved in order to make room for our small group …
And I saw poor Deac (“Deke”).

Deac is the PLANT that my family sent Fred when he was ordained as a Deacon in our little Presbyterian church. (Hence the name–Deac).

Apparently, my ability to keep plants alive rivals only my ability to (not) cook …
And there sat ol’ poor Deac with fifteen YELLOW/DEAD leaves. Not good.

Not wanting our small group to have to look at that sad plant all night, I grabbed the scissors and started clipping away.

But here’s the grace …
I had a plant JUST LIKE DEAC back in college.
(My dad had actually sent it to me after my last series of eye muscle surgeries.)
And many, many, MANY times that plant looked just like Deac (not good) and I had to cut away lots of dead leaves.

But in the past, I used to think:

“What a failure! How stupid am I? I can’t even keep a dumb old plant alive. Ugh! I can’t believe it–I’ll never get my act together. Who would ever want to marry me? I’d be the worst homemaker EVER!”

But LAST NIGHT, I just thought:

“Poor ol’ Deac. Good thing he’s rugged–bet he comes back from this. But if not–oh well. It’s just a plant. And as Fred always says–I obviously have other gifts.” 🙂

And then I went on to play with my dog and kid and get ready for study.

Now THAT’S progress!
(Oh–and if you compare this post to the one from yesterday, maybe, like me, you’ll wonder, “Is this hormones or WHAT?”)

Anyway–MUCH to do today.
Four events in the next two weeks (please pray for me!)–and that dvd study guide still looms (must tackle!).

Love you all,
Tara B.