Inch by Inch

After Dad had his leg removed below the knee he was in a nusing home for 3 months. He did everything he could to get stronger so he could go back home.

After losing his leg I went to a ladies house to complete a painting I was doing for her. As I worked on the painting we talked about teaching children at church. I was interested in all she had to say. We connected. She said that she had wrote a some songs for children and she started singing this song for me....

Inch by inch, like a little inch worm, gettin where I need to get

Inch by inch, like a little inch worm, gettin where I need to get

Sometimes I want to take a great big step.

But Jesus says, Wait, no not yet.

Cause sometimes inchin is in his plan

And I can be happy where I am.

Inch by inch like a little inch worm, gettin where I need to get.

Inch by inch, like a little inch worm I'm gettin where I need to go.

Well, as soon as she sang sometimes I want to take a great big step...but Jesus says...Wait no not yet...I started crying because I felt like this was a song for my dad. This was to be his theme...inch by inch...one step at a time. I felt like I had met this lady just so that I could hear this song. She touched over lives with one little song that made a big difference. I printed this song for my dad and it was near his doorway where he could read it daily.

Until the end that was my Dad's theme song. At first it was inch by inch for healing. Then it was inch by inch for getting out of the nursing home. (He got to be home for 3 months.) Then it was our theme song for getting closer to heaven. I sang it to him often. I sang it to him our last night together. He would watch me as I sang it, sometimes with a smile, sometimes with a tear. I think he saw me as his little girl when I sang it. What a wonderful memory.

The day I went back to work at the flower shop after Dad's passing I recieved a sign. As I put a red bow in a flower arrangement I saw a little inch worm inching along the bow. In December!!! God does send signs--all is well, Dad is good, He made it there. A real live inch worm was there for me to see and be amazed by God's love for me!