It's Been a Long Time

The usual business of daily living and the worries and cares of this life are the thorns and thistles which choke the Word. I am not much of a gardener. In my garden there is a stone tablet which reads "In memory of all the plants which have died here at the hands of my wife" which my husband thinks is very sad. But I am trying to grow things.
In my walk with the Lord, I have had a couple of years interspersed with a failure to weed my garden. I am distracted by humanist theory, selfish ambition and self-pity. I turn my eyes from Jesus, just for a day, even and immediately I despair at the things I see around me. I waiver on the brink of losing faith and believing the promises that my family will be saved, because what I see is not looking anything near fulfilment.
Well, here I am, back. And I want to proclaim that the Lord is faithful, even when I am not. He is the author and perfecter of my faith also, and what He has begun, He will finish. Amen.