Growth Spurt

Do you remember them?

When you were a kid 

and you had a growth spurt?

Your legs ached.

Your arms hurt.

And neither one cooperated with you!

That "gangly" stage...

UGH!!!

Ladies,

do you remember 

when you began to "develop"?

How your chest hurt!

How "in the way" it was!

It seemed those growth spurts lasted forever!

But they didn't!

Eventually,

things slowed down for a bit,

your body rested 

from all the sudden changes,

you began to become accustomed 

to the new sizes,

and things began to work 

as they should.

Well, I am in a growth spurt.

A spiritual growth spurt.

And spiritual growth

feels very similar

to physical growth.

It's uncomfortable.

Sometimes downright painful.

The larger understanding

gets in the way!

And it feels never-ending!

But it's not!

And just as 

when it was all said and done,

your physical growth spurts

resulted in a grown-up you,

spiritual growth spurts

result in maturity

in Christ!

However,

unlike physical growth,

spiritual growth 

does not come to an end 

with a finished product that,

just when it is completed,

begins to decay.

No,

spiritual growth

continues for a lifetime

with respites 

in between spurts

and completion in Eternity!

So here I go again.

Come on along for the ride!