Growing pains... of the spiritual variety... I've even had one of my own recently...
I recognize them because I've had my share...
Growth almost always seems to come with pain...
The challenge to trust... persevere... stretch the limits of your faith... whether through a circumstance beyond your control... or a choice to be obedient to His Word or call... can be painful...
It's also painful to watch... but I encourage those who ask to press on... because I know what's on the other side...
Freedom... joy... and a heart with a greater capacity to rest in Him...
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,
for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.
And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect
and complete, lacking nothing.
James 1:2-4 ESV
Still... the process is a journey... sometimes taking years... just to grow through one issue...
Today... I saw... or rather heard... the fruit being born of one I've been watching for years... and O the joy...!
So... if you're in the midst of growing pains at the moment... seek counsel... from Him... His Word... and one whose walked farther down the path than you...
Be encouraged to persevere... stay the narrow course... because what will be born... is glorious...!
So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord,
continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him,
strengthened in the faith as you were taught,
and overflowing with thankfulness.
Colossians 2:6-7
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