Echoing Insights

Marking the height of a child on the wall is a good way to show growth. A child can’t see themselves grow, neither can we as adults.

It’s the same with spiritual growth. Setting goals is important and helps us grow. But sometimes we are distracted by focusing on the future too much, (or remembering the past.)

Being in the “present” is where we meet with our Lord and Savior Jesus.

If we only look forward to our daily meals that we are going to eat, but never sit down and eat them, we never get filled with the nutrients we need.

Knowing we need to read our bible and pray daily but never actually doing it, we miss out on the blessing of getting to know Jesus. – Be willing to eat the bread of life.

Psalm 34:8 O taste and see that the LORD is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him.

John 6:35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.

Stopping to fix a flat tire on the road to a highly anticipated vacation can really squelch the excitement. It can even bring anger and resentment which might be directed toward your loved ones who are feeling the same way.

Learning to relax in the crisis can help you deal positively with the situation. Maybe after the flat is fixed, before dashing off, back to the highway, take a walk with your family. Explore the surroundings you find yourself in.

You might find a fresh new view of God in His majesty from a mountaintop that was hidden from the main highway.

Or you might find a secluded pond filled and surrounded with wildlife. And together experience nature in a peaceful new way.

Sometimes God uses moments like these to help us focus clearly on what is important to Him.

Romans 8:28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.