TWELVE

Today I am thankful for baby steps!

Your eyes are not deceiving you.  This is indeed my VERY handsome husband holding a plate of homemade chocolate chip cookies!  Made by me!  If you remember from one of my blogs when we first arrived here in Haiti I attempted to make chocolate chip cookies.  It took an entire afternoon to borrow the ingredients from a variety of people, use the oven in a neighbors house, and after all that the cookies were terrible!  


Quite a few weeks later Trey actually requested that I bake cookies!  They fluffed when I cooked them and, I only had to borrow one egg today!  This my friends, is an accomplishment.  While I was baking the cookies today I was reminded of how important it is to thank God for the baby steps He enables us to make.


Living in a new place can be quite frustrating when I cannot speak the language, I am learning a new schedule and simple tasks become quite difficult.  It is in these moments that I must remember how far the Lord has brought me.  2 months ago I didn't even know how to say "What is your name?" or "How old are you?"  Today, I am quite the pro at these phrases and more!  2 months ago I could not even bake cookies in my own house.  Today, our house is feeling like home and cookie dough is in the refrigerator ready for the next baking session.  I am not only thankful for baby steps in my daily life here in Haiti but I am thankful for the baby steps in my spiritual life as well.


In Beth Moore's bible study "Stepping Up" she describes the joy she receives watching her grandson grow up.  She said she truly celebrates every step he takes.  The same is true with our heavenly Father.  It delights my heart to think that God relishes every hint of maturity He see's in me, even at those times when I feel like I am not making any progress at all.  I can often be my own worst enemy and wish that I knew more about the Bible, I wish that I was able to spend more time in prayer, or even I wish that I could be a better wife.  I am thankful for the Lord's grace that I am making baby steps each and everyday.  I am thankful that it is okay to be patient with myself and celebrate the little victories, the baby steps.  I am His child and that is NOTHING I can do to make Him love me more.  Through His guidance and direction I'll be running before I know it!