October 30, 2019
Infants are amazing to watch. Their growth with the first year of life is exponential. It seems like overnight, development happens. You can easily see changes as they are honed in and refined. Each day is a beautiful display of enthusiastic growth.
As we mature, growth becomes more difficult to detect. Maybe it’s because we are distracted. Maybe it’s because we are so set in our ways, we no longer hold the desire for growth. Maybe it’s because we the process has become so painfully slow that we honestly don’t recognize it.
Growth is gradual.
Growth takes effort.
Growth requires patience.
Have you thought about what area of your life you’d like to see growth?Where are you focusing your efforts? The screen I am currently staring at certainly won’t “grow” me; however, utilized correctly, it can be a vehicle towards growth. The time I spend, like bills in my wallet, have a direct impact on my growth investment. While the returns may be small and incremental initially, the longer they are deposited, the larger the return. The more I look, inspect what needs to be pruned and trim away where necessary, the more growth potential I see and ultimately experience.
You never know who is attempting to grow…or where…unless you speak up and ask. Your friends and family may not recognize your growth process, unless you are bold in sharing. You will not grow without focused effort, which can easily be derailed. You need to add in outside assistance as you seek to grown. If you don’t have support, or fertilizer, to fuel you forward towards your goal, you may never reach it. Transformational growth doesn’t just “happen.”
So today, I proclaim where I’m stretching and growing. I’m venturing out to learn about the video world, so that I can grow this ministry. This is uncharted territory for me, frankly intimidating, but is absolutely necessary if I am to continue obediently sharing and see real growth. Any divine inspiration started will make an impact. If this is where you are, my friend, I applaud you! I’d love to hear how I may support you. But consider this: how exponential will a divine inspiration realized, brought forth through consistent patient gradual growth, impact His kingdom? I don’t know…but I am child-like in my excitement to this process towards fruition.
Be bold with me! Share what are you working towards for the growth of others. It’s an incredible experience!
I love your child like excitement! Every now and again I experience that for a few days in my idea of ministry and then I get STUCK and feel like its too big for me and I can’t do it. My dream as you probably know is to bring fitness and wellness to our church. I believe that we are moving in this direction and I want to bring more of it. But again I get stuck!! So I covet your prayers that God would reveal to me how He wants me to do this thing I call Holy Fitness!
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Thank you for that affirmation, Cathe! I have so been there too, where I felt “stuck” and incapable. I believe if He has given you a dream that fills you heart, then He will absolutely equip you to bring it to fruition! I pray that you would lean into and continue to seek Him on the “how.” Looking forward to how you’ll continue blessing others!
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