As I slipped quietly under my covers last night, fully prepared to go to bed, I paused for just a second as my eyes fell on a bundle of dried up roses hanging upside down by only a thread. My sisters had tied up the roses I was given in my room upon my request. I remembered when the roses were fresh, a beautiful, bright red color emanating off the roses. Not only that, but the roses had an earthy smell to them, a wonderful smell.
Yet as the days passed by, a few lone, solitaire petals fell off occasionally. The color slowly dimmed, turning into more of a light pink, then, eventually, a light gray color. The roses soon lost their earthy smell, crinkling up into stiff, fragile petals.
This immediately reminded me our life as Christians. When we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we begin a fresh, new life. But as the years drag along, our vibrant enthusiasm that we initially had as we became Christians, tends to dull, just like the roses. Our life seems dry, and starts to lose meaning, once again.
After we've become Christians, we're, figuratively, reborn. But we're not supposed to stay babies in diapers, nursing off bottles and crying for food. We need to grow up eventually! Too often we tend to stay babies, crying for attention, food, bottles, and diaper changes. We have to grow in Christ!
So here's a challenge for anybody reading this--for the rest of this week, I challenge you to grow in Christ. Stop using those bottles, crying for baby food, and needing diaper changes. Grow in God, and you'll find amazing changes in yourself.
Kayla Joy
