It’s ok to not be good at something.  Let me say it a different way.  It’s ok to be bad at some things.  I kinda got that one in spades.  Sometimes Jeff needs an object for a sermon illustration.  I have been known to crawl into the attic on a Saturday night looking for just the right baseball mitt, feather boa, scrapbook picture, container of shells from a certain vacation, etc…

But sometimes what he needs is something he doesn’t know I have. (wait. what?)  A while back he wished he had a dead plant for a sermon illustration. I smiled.

Bam!  I got that. In fact I’ve got a couple of those!!  I kinda wondered how many dead plants he needed for his sermon illustration.

I guess I have always wanted to be as good as my mother and sisters with their green thumbs.  I grew up on a farm for goodness sake!  My mom is always so kind to say, “Well, don’t worry about it dear.  Sometimes it is the way the light is in the house.  It might not be your fault.” Sugar coating the fact that I’m a pitiful botanist by saying my home is not a greenhouse. My mum is one sweet mama!!

But….not to worry. I’m realizing that not being good at something, sometimes makes me perfect for Jeff and his sermon illustrations!!

happily ever after, beth