Growing Pains

We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love. (Romans 5:3-5).

This summer has been a season of both personal and spiritual growth. It seems as though the Lord thought I needed to be "summer schooled" in a few areas of my life. After all the challenges faced, I was able to see just a little bit more of who God is, His ways, and what He is doing in my life...in particularly my heart.


Out of the many lessons learned this summer I would have to say that patience (which I thought I already had a lot of...apparently not), servanthood, and humility were those that were continually showered out upon me. I now realized this was God's way of saying, "oh no baby girl there's more to learn, you said you wanted to go higher in me, desired more of me, want to become like me...right?"


Thankfully I knew that I wasn't facing these challenges alone and Christ was there all along the way to help me remain focused on Him and on the bigger picture. However, I must admit that at times I became a little distracted by my circumstances which caused me to become a bit discouraged in my responsibility to not get discouraged in always striving to do what's good so at the appropriate time that great harvest of blessings will come to pass (Galatians 6:9-10). Note: Here's were the lessons of patience, servanthood, and humility kicked in.

Oh and about that bigger picture I mentioned, well that picture is this, life  is truly less about me/us and all about Christ. More so, me/us becoming more and more like Christ...patient, a servant, and humble. But of coarse there are so many more attributes of Christ than the three mentioned,  so I can rejoice in the fact that there will be more "lessons" to come while in the continual process of sanctification in Christ.