What I did:
Yesterday brought beautiful weather, a wonderful time with my client and my daughter, Shelli, coming over with the baby for the evening.
I have been so thankful for the news I got Monday from my neurologist. There are no new "spots" on my brain since the last scan six months ago, which means that whatever was affecting my brain is now dormant. I do not need another MRI for a year, which is good because I'll need 12 months to get up the courage to do it all over again! While some damage is already permanently there, it seems that the damage is not progressing at this time. Again...so happy to hear that news!
Last night my grandson was playing quietly at my feet while the kids and I watched The Biggest Loser. That was a first for him! We were all engrossed in the program until Shelli told me to look down at the baby. I had a big bottle of iced tea at my feet. Somehow, he unscrewed the cover and had been happily dumping it all over the rug. It took three bath sized towels to soak it all up.
What I learned:
When Landon spilled the tea, Shelli put him to bed and I began cleaning the mess. My sixteen year old son was saying what a "bad" kid Landon was. I simply told him, "He's a baby and babies are curious".
Do you see where this is going? I am constantly reminded that I am God's child. Children "mess up". There are always others out there who will automatically berate us for making mistakes, but the Lord knows we are dust. He is the Potter and we are the clay. When the potter begins to form a lump of clay, it changes shape all the way to it's conclusion as a beautiful vessel. If the potter were to remove it from the wheel before it is finished, no one would see any value in it. There are so many unattractive stages we move through in order to be that lovely vessel God has in mind for us, even as He's looking at an ugly lump of clay. He knows the finished product.
Just as Landon is not the man he will someday be, with all the better judgement that tells him not to dump out iced tea on the carpet, neither are we the finished product. We are continuously changing as we submit to the One who has a beautiful completed work of art already in mind as He shapes and molds us.
Until Tomorrow~~~Elizabeth
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I am glad you recieved good news from your doctor. Health is one of the most important things we have and the one we take for granted until it is not there. I also have children although they are done with the pouring ice tea on rug stages they do still spill and mess up like I do lol. I adore children and love the way they learn about cause and affect thru trial and error ....seems we are all like little children as you said ...
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