It's GA Day. Time to recognize our church's Girls in Action. Know what else that means it's time for? -Tearing up the house to find our purple vest that will be worn in three and a half hours. 

Certain members of the Burden family, myself included, have enough trouble locating something we used yesterday (keys, scissors). You asking us to find last year's vest? Nearly too much to ask. 

That's why I was bursting with pride when we found the vest in fifteen short minutes after church today. In fact we found Hallie's old vest and encouraged her to wear it as a sign of support. Fat chance. These vests are more a mission statement than a fashion statement. I'll encourage Hallie to be missional by loving her sister when the bathroom feels too small to share. 

There was one other little problem the vest presented when we pulled it out of the box in the garage. It had patches that needed to be affixed by sewing or other sticky means. Sewing? No can do. I can however squeeze a tube of glue like nobody's business. Too bad I can't seem to find the kind of glue that actually sticks. 

Several years ago Hallie's patches fell off while she walked on stage to receive her certificate. Last year Rylie lost hers too. 

This afternoon, I re-stuck the ones that came off last year and glued the new ones she got last year that I never put on. 

I have issues with things sticking-

• Like my resolve to stop worrying
• And that decision to calm the road rage 
• My commitment to really read the Bible every day

What is it they say about good intentions? 

They say I'm in trouble. 

I say Let the patches fall where they may. 

Sure I fail, sometimes miserably. When I'm not failing miserably I'm failing consistently, in some small way. 

I won't put away the glue though. 

He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. Colossians 1:17

I'm thankful for glue. I'm even more thankful for grace. 

...All that passing laws against sin did was produce more lawbreakers. But sin didn’t, and doesn’t, have a chance in competition with the aggressive forgiveness we call grace. When it’s sin versus grace, grace wins hands down. All sin can do is threaten us with death, and that’s the end of it. Grace, because God is putting everything together again through the Messiah, invites us into life—a life that goes on and on and on, world without end. Romans 5:20-21 (The Message)

How not to put on patches:

P.S. I'm sincerely grateful to those who lead a Mission Friends, GA, RA or Acteen group. I'm also encouraged that we have young girls and guys who are interested in sharing the message of Jesus here and abroad. 

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