Happy Wednesday, Friends!

And to those visiting, I say welcome! I post every Wednesday and my sole purpose is to bless and encourage you along your way.

I have a question for you today...

How do you measure your progress spiritually speaking?

All too often we measure how we are doing by how we feel. And while this may be one component for determining where we are at, it cannot be the only one.

If you've been reading my regular posts you know that my son has been dealing with a back injury. It's been about six months of back to back appointments and various therapies with no apparent change. At least not until recently.

A couple of weeks ago, Jordan began a daily regimen of decompression, electric stim, ultrasound, etc. Every day I ask him how he is feeling and every day he says, "The same." But yesterday he came home and said, "They tested my leg strength today and even though I feel no change, something has changed because I'm showing a significant improvement in the strength of my leg."

Later in the day I spoke with a friend who was feeling blue. I acknowledged her blue-ness but then reflected back to her all of the good things God has done in her life in the past year. Right away she perked up and said, "You know, you're right! Things are different."

Sometimes progress is invisible at first.