Challenge update, week one

For those of you who accepted "the challenge" in last week's post, how's it going? What has God showed you about you?

Because of a miscommunication, I happened to make dinner for a crowd (about 12 people) only to find that I didn't need to make dinner; someone else was taking care of the meal. Now, in the past, I must admit that the resulting scenario would have more than likely included pouting, noisy pots and pans, sullen looks, and emphatic feelings of entitlement.

However, this time, I put the lid on the pot of "moose steak pottage," turned off the stove, and quietly said, "I guess this means I'm all set for dinner tomorrow." Tod apologized for the mis-communication, but the amazing thing (to me) was that he didn't even NEED to apologize. I wasn't mad;
didn't feel "entitled;"
felt no need to pout or point out how much time I'd spent;
didn't even need to "process" my feelings to get around to a sweet spirit.

Truly, I realized that I don't have to cook tomorrow. There's meals in the freezer now for when I'm really tired and it's a "high pain day" and I just can't find the energy to cook. I also have soup to share. I don't have the stress of being angry and ugly, and my husband is not walking on eggs (though, I must say he has promised to be more careful about telling me about small group dinner plans when I'm unable to attend said small group).

And I am sure of this, that He who began a good work in [me] will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. from Philippians 1:6 (ESV)

Isn't it wonderful to be a work in progress?!