Who feels growing pains more? Is it the person actually experiencing the growth or perhaps it is our loved ones who feel our pain. Our mothers may be the most affected by our growing pains. Have you ever considered how some of your dumb acts have caused your parents more pain than you can imagine? I look back in my life and cringe when I remember by dumb selfish acts that caused pain to others. Guess what? We can not turn back time but we can grow into a new creation. 1 Peter 2:2 says that as we are nourished by pure milk of His word, we grow into salvation. I hope you honored your Mother on May 14th whether she was present with you in the flesh or present with you in the Spirit, she still deserves your recognition of her unconditional love.
I like the idea of growing into a greater understanding of salvation. Good thing for us all that we are not judged for a final sentence by our actions of the past! Last week I spoke of the gate being the great shepherd, Jesus Christ. Previous weeks I have posted about change being inevitable. We can choose to bury our heads in the sand and pretend we can keep everything the same but time moves on and so do our lives. We can either grow into a living stone and spiritual temple or stumble in the rubble of a demolished sinful world. (1 Peter 2:5-8) Growing pains are an inevitable by-product of moving on with our lives. Yesterday is history so no need to dwell on our past accomplishments or failures. Today is our moment to make a difference in our life or the lives of another. Tomorrow’s story is still to be written. What do we want our story to read? What does the future hold for all of us? Let us all get excited about the future prospects when led by the promise of eternity.
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