Katono katono

Okuva 23:29-30
"Siribagoba mu maaso go mu mwaka ogumu; ensi ereme okuzika, so n'ensolo ey'omu nsiko ereme okweyongera ku ggwe. Katono katono ndibagoba mu maaso go, okutuusa lw'olyeyongera, n'osikira ensi. "

This is so exciting! I am quoting a luganda Bible! Banange! Happiness is killing me! I feel like a real muganda wife in a gomesi serving my mwami luwombo while kneeling down :-D (I wish!) And just like that, I have managed to completely sidetrack myself from the actual purpose of this post! Anyway, thanks to this this real cool website, people like me can easily enjoy the language. (Do check it out, sometimes some things are so much clearer in vernacular)

Okay, here's the English equivalent:
I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee. By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.

These verses came to mind after one of my impatient moments wanting so many things NOW. I think the memory trigger was my brother's Whatsapp status: "It takes a little time sometimes...". I sang this song to myself and it helped me get perspective (I can't believe this is now considered an "oldie"!)

I then remembered how I my body felt right after having our baby. I confess that at times I did despair, wondering if many things would ever be "normal" again as even sitting down was such a chore! (TMI??) I also remembered how I struggled with breastfeeding as I was having a low milk supply... I remembered these recent events in my life that are so much better now. As I think about other aspects in my life that are taking heaps longer than I like, I think of God's promises and keep trying to tell myself to take deep breaths, not panic or fret, it does take "a little time" sometimes. Katono katono. Slowly slowly. Little by little.

"It takes more than you got right now, 
Give it, give it time"- Amy Grant