From Glory to Glory ... Little by Little.

Sometimes we feel like we're stuck. It seems we lack motivation or progress and as a result, hope can slowly fade. I've felt that way not only during this recovery, but in life in general during different seasons. But when you get your spark back, when you realize everything is temporary and that God is the One who is in control of your progress, it's as if spring has sprung again. "And all of us, as with unveiled face, because we continued to behold in the Word of God as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are constantly being transfigured into His very own image in ever increasing splendor and from one degree of glory to another..." - 2 Corinthians 3:18 (AMP).  Sometimes it's just a simple little thing that reminds you, snaps you out of your funk and says "hey! you are ok". Today for me, it was a couple co workers mentioning that I look much healthier, better, less swollen today. Ironically I woke up feeling as if my progress had not just stalled but that I had actually gotten worse. My upper lip felt stiffer and more swollen and it got me worried and wondering. I started losing my focus on Him and all that I have to look forward to. This recovery is a tiny little nothing in comparison to the recovery that He is doing in my spirit, mind and heart. This is a blip on the radar and He is teaching me to look beyond the mirror for my beauty, beyond the now for my joy and beyond myself for fulfillment. What an awesome thing to believe, to know, that I am being changed into His image despite my failures, shortcomings and weaknesses. To know that I don't have to depend on my earthly accomplishments or limited strength for my worth or ability or potential. He does it all and He is faithful to finish what He starts. It just takes time, and His concept of time is nothing like ours.

 

Just keep looking up!



This weekend, my BB was talking about wanting a little brother (this idea was put in his head by HH) and I asked him where I should get him from and he said, "the dollar store"! Hahahaha. Priceless humor, and I got it on video. Well the second time he said it...as I prompted him. It was too funny not to document! He is growing up so fast and he teaches me how to be a better person, mom and woman. Everytime we pass a church he says "mama that a church!...we go to church on Sundays". Love love. Once while we were out front playing, before my surgery, the wind was blowing through the many trees on our little street and he says "God made the wind! It sounds like music!". These are the moments to live for people.