Monday Monday

Dou you ever get to a place where you finally think you're getting somewhere? For example, you've been trying and trying to get better at... oh, let's use cooking... so, you're trying to improve at cooking and you finally think you're getting somewhere and then you burn Thanksgiving dinner beyond repair and you see once again how far you really have to go. No, I'm not learning to cook, but it seems like over and over again life presents opportunities to show you har far you really have to go. I know that this might sound discouraging and pessimistic, but bear with me a few moments longer. There is a point! I guess the other half of the story that begs telling is that I'm not just refering to life alone, but what my life has been like with Jesus the past three years. Praise the Lord he uses such mundane things to keep me humble and knowing that I've really gotten nowhere. Rather than frustration I need to practice a new mantra: "Lord, Jesus Christ, have mercy on me, a sinner." It's almost funny how the truth can be so simple. May this be the cry of my heart.