Growing and Learning

I've been doing a lot of growing and learning lately. I am a pretty scheduled person, as you know, and life with the pink day planner has been...well...under construction.

I've learned things like:

* exercising 3 days a week can be as productive as 5.

* some things are more important than sleep.

* prayer can be exhausting and yet exhilarating at the same time.

* houses should be above the reproach of the health department but not necessarily spotless.

* change is good.

Today I had a conversation about change. I admitted it's tough for me. And it is. But it's also beautiful. When I think back over the last decade...oh how thankful I am that I have changed. I am thankful I don't live in that bondage anymore. I am thankful I have experienced freedom and healing and second chances and beautiful gifts that I don't deserve but am delighted to have.

I hear my mom-friends talk about their kids going through growing pains. Literal physical pain that is necessary for the kids to grow into healthy adults.

Heart growth can create a "pain" too. Sometimes hurt...sometimes just stretching that leads to inexplicable emotion.

But I'm so thankful for it. My heart wells up with joy this evening because while I am exhausted from the stretching, I'm thrilled to go to bed tonight saying "I've learned something today." And while I'm subject to stumble over it again in the future, I can wake up tomorrow and say, "I'm doing better than I was yesterday!"

Thank you, Lord.