An angry preacher & his sick dog Part 2: Feeling Fruity.

Y'all are not gonna believe what happened yesterday at 3:43PM.

Seriously. You won't believe it and I can't fault you for that cause the timing is just...well, why don't you folks see for yourself.

So yesterday at 7:45AM, I published a post called "An angry preacher and his sick dog".

Later in the day, I came home and guess what had happened? (cue super dramatic music)...

My dog was sick again. Now keep in mind that yesterday's story happened over two years ago. TWO YEARS!!!

So you can imagine how stunned I was when 8hours after I posted an old story about my dog "going" all over the sun-room, I came home to find she 'went' all over my house.

IT. WAS. BAD.

Probably 20 times worse than yesterday's story. There was poop all over the stairs (newer light tan carpet through the house by the way), the hall-way, the walls, the sun-room and my office upstairs.

I cleaned and scrubbed for over an hour, then I took a shower cause I felt so gross. There was nothing good about yesterday afternoon, until about 5PM when I realized that I had responded completely different this time around.

I wasn't angry at all. In fact, I didn't even raise my voice at my dog. I just let her out the back door, shook my head in sadness then rolled up my jeans and got to work.

Few hours later, I went outside and petted her. My wife watching all this from the kitchen window couldn't believe what she was seeing and honestly, neither could I.

I'm so thankful that I didn't respond to a-worse-situation the same way I responded two years ago.
I'm thankful that some of my anger has leaked out over time.
I'm thankful that there is fruit (growth) in my life.

I think it's weird that we rarely celebrate fruit in our lives. My guess is, we do that in an attempt to appear humble but listen to what Jesus said about fruit in John 15...

"I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing...This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples"

Two things.

One, if you're walking with Jesus, you will grow. I know it's frustrating to find dried out leaves when you're desperate for fruit. Hang in there. Growth takes time (see; "its okay if you don't see spiritual growth in your life" post).

Two, God is glorified by fruit. He absolutely loves it, which is why I'm gonna celebrate it. I'm not gonna lie, I felt really fruity yesterday and I'm just okay with that.

My name is Sammy Adebiyi and yesterday, my response to my dog showed me that-thanks to Jesus-I'm LESS impatient than I used to be and I don't have as much anger in me as I did two years ago.

What about you? I know it's gonna feel weird but I promise you, its okay. If we obsess over our weaknesses and how we fail, how much more should we celebrate our growth and how Jesus is changing us?

Heck of a lot more. So, don't hold back. Tell me..

Where do you see fruit (growth) in your life?

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