Dear Thelma- I must be a failure

I do not do everything or even 5 things or probably not even 1 thing perfectly.

I do not teach my children every subject in school everyday.

I do not ask my children if they've brushed their teeth everyday.

I do not fix 3 meals a day for my children.

I do not clean my baseboards on a weekly, monthly, or yearly basis.

I do not bathe the dog. Ever.

I do not even bathe myself daily.

I do not let my children participate in every extra curricular activity known to man.

I do not always show love to my husband.

I do not keep the oil changed in my car.

I do not keep my nails manicured.

I do not keep my garden weeded.

I do not have a garden.

I do not make my bed everyday.

I do not love everyone like I should.

I do not always practice what I preach.

I do not seek God like I should.

That only cracks the surface of the things I do not do, but I cling to the words "BUT GOD" and know that me not doing all those things makes those words even more beautiful.

I don't write that list as a martyr. I write it as a daughter of Christ that knows He does not ask me to do any of those things to assure His love for me, or my salvation. But God, by His grace injected into my life every second of the day, is helping me be who I am in Him.

Its a freeing thing to be able to look at a list of things that I do not do, recognize that most of those things are ridiculous anyway, and be good with that.

To know that some of those things are crazy things that the world would have me to be like, and not what God would have me to be like.

Its a sobering thing to write that list and see that some of those things by Gods grace I will get better at. I will bring Glory to Him through. That He has called me to a higher calling than myself and this world.

Its nice to know that I have a friend like you.

Thankful for Grace,

Louise