Diligence readers, that is my advice to you. Today I wanted to post about diligence, and I thought about this picture that I took last summer. I know snails don't have hands or feet but they still carry themselves along. Slowly but surely they get to where they're going. Lately I have not been practicing that virtue. I want to be as diligent and patient as a snail is. Some interesting things have happened with my sister and her fiance, and now they are going to get married in the courthouse and come live with us. I have to move out of my room into the spare room that is crammed full of furniture and book cases. I feel so angry because I have to sacrifice lots of things for my sister's well being, when she does not appreciate it, but expects it. And I know it's not my place to say, but she doesn't even deserve it. Because I am a Christian I must do these things for her, and with a smile on my face. Yes, I do know why it is I am doing these things. It's the "right" thing to do. Most of all it's because God wants me to, and if I do it for Him that's the best person to do it for. As for me and my struggles, I'll just have to look to the Lord for support, love, acknowledgement, and a comfy living space even if it's not a physical one. That is something else I should learn from the snail, how to deal with your surroundings because snails don't bunk up for the night in a Holiday Inn.
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