Jade vine at the Oahu Country Club
Good Morning, God. I sort of failed to keep my Sabbath Day, yesterday. I had made ONE exception — to stop by Arcadia after church and find the last name and phone number of a person so I could confirm a computer lesson today. But when I got there the right side computer wasn’t letting folks get into their gmail. Total DISTRESS! I could have waited until today. But it felt like a case of my neighbors ox falling into a well — or whatever it was Jesus said to the pharisees — so I made an appointment with the Genius Bar for that afternoon and they FINALLY were able to fix it.
So maybe only a Silver Star for yesterday. But, I didn’t say “Oh well, I might as well do all the other work that is waiting”! I let it wait! And I got a GIFT of WANTING and WELCOMING a new virtue from You. The virtue of being METICULOUS.
You might have noticed, God, that up until now, I dismissed even the idea of being METICULOUS. It wasn’t until yesterday morning, when I HEARD myself saying cheerfully “I don’t have the gift of being meticulous” that I realized THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I NEED TO BE.
Maybe that is why I am listening to the book The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande. I need a few checklists! But more than that, I need the humility to be willing to redefine who I am and what I can do.
Yes, God, I want to embrace humble — formerly scorned — gifts. And as I look up at the photo of the Jade vine, I can see — just off to the right of the vine in bloom — a very small beginning vine. Perhaps that is me? I like to think of myself as in FULL bloom. But, Smile, perhaps I am still JUST BEGINNING! Thank YOU!
Story teller,
A Moment with God 
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