A flower amongs the weeds

It’s been a hard week with my daughter. 

I started reading The Connected Child’s study guide, and could not answer a question about what flowers were in her garden.  I can tell you every weed, but not the flowers.  After therapy today, I mentioned this to the therapist. 

I asked DD to tell me about her garden.  Giving her time to think about it, she said she didn’t think she had any flowers.  More explanation, then she came up with singing.  She does not do this in front of us, but seems to like it.  How do you water your flower?  She realized she doesn’t.  I told her she is amongst her weeds, satisfied something is there - it’s not a drought.  She starts getting the metaphor.  I explain that I spend so much time pulling her weeds I forget to water my garden and then I get unhappy.  If she would start pulling her weeds, her flowers could grow and I can water mine.  She said, “Maybe if I water this one, another one will grow.”  PRAISE GOD! 

Tomorrow she will put up a tulip with closed petals on her wall.  As she consistently waters, we will put up one with open petals.  Will this be a smooth road?  Not by any means, but it’s imperfect progress.  Thank you, Lord!

After therapy and before this conversation, we went to Lifeway to add to Mother's Day gifts.  She was trying to pick me something out.  Normally Mother's Day is so hard for me and I don't want insincere gifts from her.  My husband gets me something.  But I picked out a mug for my mom, and took the risk of telling her I would like one, too.  She was happy to get me something I liked.  The mug says GRACE on the side, and "My grace is enough; it's all you need." 2 Cor. 12:9 on the inside.

God spoke in such special ways today after such a trying time.  This week I have been asking for him to just fill me with his presence so I could be in the right spirit with her.  He is wonderful!!