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We boldly behold the milestones¹
over the course of
our carnal lives,
Between birth and death:
we cheer first words
and steps
take pics of the first day of school
blow out candles at every birthday
first job, first date, learning to drive
graduation, leaving nest, new home
go to college or start full time work
get married and then
raise kids
spend
a career toward retirement
and prepare for the end and then...
But why do we not so embrace
the milestones of
gracious growth
Between rebirth and glory?
awakening to the
truth
of the
existence of God, as rising
from a long night's sleep,
desiring to seek
only God
like
looking for food, nourishment
after a long night's fast,
believing God loves
us so
He would
do anything to prove it
like dying for a friend,
wanting to be with
others
who similarly
so believe the truth
as if finding lost family,
worshipping and praising
lifting
voices to the church's rafters
thanking God for everything,
being compelled to
serve
with
a compassion for justice divine
like life depended on it,
realizing there's
much more
an emptiness
that still needs filling
a greater craving for God,
an expanding sense
of love
like
the light of the night giving way
to the light of a new day,
praying without ceasing
forever
petitions and supplications
flowing without effort,
letting go of everything
becoming
the self God intended
as He made us to be,
doing nothing but
glorify
where
the heart full of God's love
leads us to honor Him,
abiding in the love
of God
as a
welling spring of living water
gushes from the deep of us.
Embrace these more, so much
more,
our path to Glory,
Milestones Divine,
led to by the Holy Spirit.
Leviticus 20:8
2 Corinthians 5:21
Hebrews 10:14
John 3:3
2 Peter 3:18
1 John 2:3-18
Romans 8:23-25
²plus
so many more
¹Milestones
of Christian growth, being made
holy, in Jesus, through
Jesus, and into the
likeness of Jesus, restoring
the image orig-
inally created in Adam and
Eve
²many
Scripture and other writing by men of
God (special thanks to Pastor
Chris Erdman,
"flourish!") |
