3 I thank my God every time I remember you. 4 In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy 5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, 6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. - Philippians 1:5-6
This thought comforts me in all my relationships: You are in a relentless pursuit to grow us into better people for our good and your glory! I think about this in moments of failure. I think about it when others fail me too. You are always growing all of us. You won't let us go. In every circumstance, if we will look to you for the lessons you are teaching, we will find them, even if they just teach us to trust you and not ourselves so much. Always teaching us and growing us until the very end when we get carried to perfection! To think that you are growing everyone makes me patient with others too. I don't get so tied to events as I do to a program of change. Help me to retain what your word teaches here. I want to grow in the word about growth. You began the good work of faith in your grace long ago in my life. You are still actively transforming my personality today. Give me the humility and faith to let you mess with my head, my heart and my life for your glory.
Amen
Pastor Don Patterson
God loves us too much to leave us babies in our understanding of life.
Additional Reading: Philipians 3, Hebrews 12