When you are praying for your true place, it is well to remember that the full demonstration may not come in one move, but more likely after a series of stages.
Now, If you despise these intermediate steps, and think “this is a little better, but it is not really what I want,” you will keep the demonstration back. Neither should you accept a small improvement as being all that you can hope to get. The scientific attitude is to see the stepping stone as stepping stone;to bless it, and give thanks for it, and to continue praying for the next step.
For precept must be upon precept…line upon line, here a little, and there a little (Isaiah 28:10).
How wonderful it would be, we might think, if total spiritual consciousness could come to us in one fell swoop. How great if we or God could wave a magic wand and “poof”, we would be fully developed spiritual beings. Well, that is not the way it works and there are many good reasons for it. How great would it be if a five year old got a driver’s license or if a newborn could run before it could see? The obvious answer is “not good”.
As with all things, the material world operates under the same truths as the spiritual world. The truth for our physical growth is the same as our spiritual development and consciousness. We advance along our spiritual path as we are capable of traversing it safely and productively. For instance, great spiritual power, given to the metaphysically immature, would very likely turn into to self righteousness and spiritual pride. These sins are rightly considered among the most deadly because the person is blind to them.
Let us thank God each day for the step-wise reality of spiritual development. And let us take each step with gratitude, faith, confidence and hope. And let us take time to savor each level of our development as a wonderful, awe-inspiring and beautiful place. Remember, we can live in our gardens with joy and gladness at each stage of our spiritual journey. That is something for which we do not have to wait.
Crawling to walk; walking to run; running to fly,
Z gardener
Good Morning Garden 
What a beautiful devotional! I just shared this idea in a counseling group I lead. Participants are required to set short term and long term goals, which is very frustrating for some. But after they complete the assignment they are so much more aware of how the two tie together. Then it clicks that they might as well enjoy the journey reaching those goals!
Thanks for this great affirmation. I am truly enjoying the journey each morning with you my brother.
Blessings,
TC
Thank you for sharing this with me and for your kind words. I means so much that others may be uplifted by their visit to the garden, and that our journey is made more joyful when trod together.
Your brother,
Z