Progress

Progress, how can we measure it? I can measure it when I am on a diet by how my clothes fit me and the ones that don't fit me when I start, are fitting again. I measure it with my youngest daughter: Today she backed the car out of the garage and down the driveway. Not a big deal, you say? You haven't seen our driveway. It was brought grown men to tears and embarassment as they try to navigate the downhill turn and avoid my roses and the fall off on the other side. Way to go, princess! It's always a momentous day when that first occurs. Now, all of my kids can back down our driveway. I just wish I could do it consistently well... Well, I do but sometimes I have to make adjustments going down. It's embarassing to have to pull back up the driveway to go back down it... I can measure progress at work by how my sales guys are doing and the numbers they are generating. I measure progress at church by how I feel after my meetings. Did I make an effort to be taught? Was I receptive to the whisperings of the Spirit? More importantly, did I follow up and/or through on those promptings? I can measure the progress of my married children by their children. I measure the progress of my children in college by their grades and their socialization. My question remains to myself: Am I progressing? Am I doing it for the right reasons? Will I, after this life, be able to progress because I have been true and faithful? I guess it all boils down to obedience. Am I willing to be suffiiciently humble to progress?