How we Grow
I have a half ton Chevy pickup and a twin axle trailer. I use this combination to pull my Model A truck to parades. Recently my brother and I tried to load a small antique bulldozer onto it. The tracks were froze so we tried to put rollers under it. Half way up the trailer it looked like my trailer was bending and the back of my pickup was off the ground. Just then we lost it, down it came but the tracks broke loose in the big move. We decided that the bulldozer was too heavy for the trailer and truck. I realized I did not have equipment adequate for the job. Next time I will have a bigger truck and trailer.
That is how we grow, our way of thinking about things is no longer adequate for us. Life has proved us wrong, now we have to rethink everything. At first this is scary for us, but after awhile we are able to make adjustments and look at the world from a different perspective. Growing is seldom comfortable but it is better to grow than run from reality into a pretend world of illusions.
God will help us as we struggle with our new world. The disciples were slow to grow because Jesus was giving them a different understanding of the Bible than what they were used to, but they did grow and open for our understanding the path of Christ to God for all of us. Don’t be afraid to grow , to search, to ask questions, life will become less fearful for you.