Friday, June 02, 2006
GREEN GROWING
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I'm very particular about my lawn. The height of the mower has
to be just so, the edges need to be cut just right. My lawn isa great source of pride to me.
So I usually don't let just anyone cut the grass, and certainly
not my husband! If he tries, I usually have to chide him for
the unevenness of the cut and the multiple areas that he misses.
But one day I had to leave early in the day and the grass was just
begging to be cut. Since rain was in the impending forecast, I
responded, "Go ahead," to my husband's repeated requests to help
me out.
When I returned, I found that he had done his usual job, but he
was smiling from ear to ear, thinking that he had improved on
his past efforts. But rather than scolding him yet again, I
found myself unexpectedly praising the work he had done.
He was overjoyed with my response.
It finally dawned on me. Am I trying to grow the most important
relationship on earth that I have?
Or am I trying to grow grass?"
~A MountainWings Original as told by a lady in Ted Janusz’s
class, Hilliard, OH~
PRAYER
"Almighty God and Father of light, your eternal Word leaped down
from heaven in the silent watches of the night. Open our hearts to
receive his life and increase our vision with the rising of dawn,
that our lives may be filled with his glory and his peace."
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