Below are extracted from: Youniquely Woman~Continuing the Adventure
The Desire Within
I believe at your core you want to do your best to follow where God leads. Deep inside or right on the surface- you have a hunger to grow. You really want to be more than you are. You want to experience more (and more and more still) of what God has for you now, in the midst of your present life, and in the days that remain for you.
That's what you want. Does it surprise you that God wants that for you too? It's a tenet in God's creation that every living thing either grows or dies. Nothing alive stays static; its either going forward or slipping back. It's either reaching higher and higher for sunlight or withering into itself.
So don't lose a minute in building on what you've been given, complementing your basic faith with good character, spiritual understanding, alert discipline, passionate patience, reverent wonder, warm friendliness, and generous love, each dimension fitting into and developing the others. With these qualities active and growing in your lives, no grass will grow under your feet, no day will pass without its reward as you mature in your experience of our Master Jesus. (2 Peter 1:5-8 MSG)
Active and growing! I LOVE THAT! The God of all growing things has no intention of letting you stay where you are. He wants you to stretch, to learn new things, to live expectantly, to become more fruitful and productive, to nurture that secret, inner spot in your soul, and to make growth one of the priorities in your life.
How do you do that? It's always a good idea to look ahead to the finished products-to think about what you want to grow into. Have you considered what kind of middle-aged or older person you want to be?
One of my favourite songs: As the Deer panteth for the Water
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNhkor8dJ0A&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIlGBQfdzL4&NR=1 (Video clip created by 11yr old)
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