Tonight after Matt’s guitar lesson he said he was trying something new but didn’t get it down.

I followed up with “yet, you didn’t get it down…yet.”

He smiled and agreed. “I didn’t get it, yet.”

This moment reminded me that the things we need to know, we will get -often in time and with practice. And the things we don’t need to know, may be things we never get. And I have no doubt Matt will get the new thing he’s trying because he is dedicated to practicing.

I share this with you today in case you may be like me and Matt and have a new skill or habit you don’t have down…yet.

I invite you to join me to…

pause. breathe. pray.

May we trust we will get the new skill or habit down in time - not by sitting around hoping - as hope is not a strategy. But by putting in the time and effort. And if we aren’t intrinsically motivated to put in the time and effort, may we pray for what we need to push through, if we need to at all. And may the power in the word “yet” give us hope, as it did for Matty tonight.

With love and hope,
Shawn