because you will make it.

self-control have been the words of the week around here.  pretty much

every person in our house is working on it.  yet, aren't we all?  i had just

had a[nother] talk with one of the children about it when something completely

unrelated happened that enraged me.  honestly, i'm not an easily angered

person and i'm not a catty person, but i felt like shouting to the world about how

mean this person is being.  i just kept saying to matt, who DOES that?  i can't

imagine being so rude.  i was [am] so hurt by it.  i knew in my head that i should

continue to be kind, show love & even reach out with friendly gestures every

now and then to this person, but my heart didn't feel the same. 

yet, i decided to try to put my talk into action & use that self-control that i

just promised one of the children that we each had through the power of the

Holy Spirit living in us.  He's asked me to love my neighbor as myself

and i know that those are my brothers and sisters in Christ in Uganda

as well as the ones in my actual neighborhood.  i'm not saying it's easy.

i'm not even saying i'm there yet. but, i'll pray as we make some holiday treats 

to deliver.  fake it 'til you make it can work as a spiritual discipline, too, right?!