GROWTH

GROWTH

"When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things."
This text is priceless. To say that I respect Paul is an understatement. Paul is someone who put to bed many vague and ambiguous issues. Just follow the line of thought.

Stages

"...when I was a child." "When" immediately suggests a period of time. 'child' here may not just apply literally but more likely metaphorically. Meaning he acted less intelligently or less maturely than he did at the time. As a child, he necessarily thought as a child and understood as a child. Meaning also that his actions were consistent with his stages in life. When he grew into being a man (I.e an adult or maturity in thinking) he put away childish things. Meaning that based on his new stage, his actions were now consistent with his current stage.

Sunshine Sharon!

Over the weekend, we celebrated a dear five year old. Sharon does almost everything you would expect from someone her age. She watches cartoons, chooses noodles over soup, wants to go Disneyland every summer and many other cravings. Now you don't kill her for thinking that way. She is wired to reason along those lines. So you cannot judge Sharon's greatness by her ability or inability to drive a V8 car! You can't assume that just because can't sew cloths, that it becomes an indictment on her person!
Conversely, as a young adult you won't be surprised if you saw me driving - you probably would be if I couldn't. Thus you evaluate Sharon and I differently based on our respective levels or stages in life. You don't draw a universal line for everyone; you see them in the light of where they are.

Growth

Growth is a principal feature of life and living things (MR NIGER D). The only two people who didn't have childhoods that I know of are Adam and Eve. Even at that they still goofed - big time! We live in a society that is largely unforgiving. There are people who always want to hold something in your past against you - even when you have obviously outgrown them. They would rather address you by your mistakes in the past than by the potential of your future.

Always reminding you that because you had a child outside wedlock in your teens that you cannot have a blissful marriage. Reminding you that because you denied Christ three times you cannot become the prelate of the church. Whispering in your ears that your mistakes with classified emails is enough reason for you not to be the first female POTUS.
If you give people the opportunity, they will run you down and cruely judge you by your past instead of you potential. God usually defines people by who they can be and not who they are. Matthew the tax collector wrote the first gospel. The woman who had been with five men became an evangelist. Are you aware that Rahab the prostitute was in the ancestry Christ!

Perfect Imperfections

A wise man said: "if we wait for perfect people in this world to get things done, nothing would ever get done!" Don't allow anyone despise your greatness because of your flaws. Greatness is not without flaws - it's despite your flaws! While you dismiss that person who you think has 'issues' be careful - he/she might just be the next big thing.
Look at Paul's assertion after winning over the naysayers: "...and when James, Cephas and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowsip..."



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