New Growth

[Chad]

New Growth - March 14, 2006

"He has made everything beautiful in its time." Ecclesiastes 3:11

It is springtime here in south Florida where we live. There are signs of new growth all about. This morning while walking I noticed all the light coloring of the season. The grass and all the varied trees are in their glorious pastel shades of green. It is so pretty, yet not nearly as eyecatching and dramatic as darker, brighter colors of more mature growth in full bloom.

Similarly, in our Christian walks, we are more pale and stand out less in earlier parts of our journeys. As we grow and mature and "hang out" with Jesus, we take on deeper, richer, more brilliant hues of the attributes of Jesus himself. We become easier to spot; singled out out more quickly.

God grows us all beautiful in His time. That's good news.

Prayer: Thank you, Lord, that I am a new creation in Christ, that the old is gone and the new is here. Thank you for growing me into the likeness of Christ. In Jesus' name, Amen.

Contributed by Sally I. Kennedy

 

[calluna]

Thanks Chad,. I like the literary pieces you find.

I love the springtime. And I am just realizing that I need to be more patient with myself, as I 'grow' , that it can't be done overnight and it is all in God's timing. Just lately I think I might have sprouted a couple of leaves and maybe a bud..:ip:

Heather