Once I heard someone really wise say "Once you stop growing, you start dying."
This past week, I've had the opportunity to learn it all over again.
I wish I could tell you that I enjoyed the opportunity, but I did NOT!
Please don't misunderstand... I NEEDED it. I just didn't LIKE it!
The Bible says that if we chasten ourselves, God won't need to chasten us.
Ummm... Note to self: It is MUCH better to chasten yourself!
Now that I'm this side of the chastening, I am certainly thankful for it because God showed me some things deep within myself that I didn't even know were in me.
And it DESPERATELY needs to come out!
Just because we don't see the ugly doesn't mean it's not there (everyone else sees it, you can be sure). It just sits there beneath the surface, eating away at you... And you're totally oblivious.
Until God--in His mercy--opens your eyes to see what He (& everyone else) sees.
And once you know it's there, you can start to learn from it.
And once you start learning, you stop dying & start living.
Never... Stop... Learning... EVER!
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