Everybody goes through stages of life. When one is conceived they go through numerous changes until in week 39, a baby is born. Then one goes through more changes as an infant. For the first couple of months babies learn to develop a realistic sleep schedule. Then after a couple of months babies move away from milk and begin eating solid food. From there babies acquire language skills. As they move through school they learn skills and fundamentals that will help them later on in life. They begin to date as they get older, they graduate high school. Some go off to college. Eventually they marry and begin their own families.
I was reading Hebrews today and a verse made me think about these things.
"By this time you ought to be teachers yourselves, yet here I find you need someone to sit down with you and go over the basics on God again, starting from square one - baby's milk, when you should have been on solid food long ago! Milk is for beginners, inexperienced in God's ways; solid food is for the mature, who have some practice in telling right from wrong." Hebrews 5:12-14 The Message
I know many people who claim to have become Christians long ago, but still require "baby food." I say claim, because nobody but God knows who is actually saved. By now they should be on "solid food", making a difference in the world for the name of Christ. All to often we as Christians get comfortable in our lives and become content with the status quo. This is when we have to be the most careful. God didn't call us to be comfortable. He called us to be lights to a world full of darkness. It's not going to be comfortable. Often times it's not even going to be politically and socially correct.
Today, we as Christians, need to wean themselves off of "baby food" and begin digesting the solid stuff. Each of us should be living a life worthy of Christ, leading others towards Christ and discipling younger Christians.
What do you think?
This past week has been jam packed with things to do. Last week we gave away our second car to a family member who could use it more. Now we have to find the title for it to change over ownership. We have met with several families and shared a little bit of what our ministry consist of, and have enjoyed getting to catch up with all of them. Brie finishes summer school next week and is looking forward to a couple of weeks off from school. I finish my bachelors degree on the 19th and am increasingly looking forward to that event, 15 days left (not that we're counting down or anything.) I'm in the process of planning a trip around Texas for fundraising with some other people from One Mission Society that will probably take place in September, and yesterday I finished the final touches on our first quarterly newsletter. Now I have to send it in to be edited and mailed out.
We would love your prayers in the coming week for strength to finish our summer school classes strong, pray for safety as I travel to tell people about our ministry, pray that God begins to prepare the hearts of the people we will be sharing with, and that we continue to have a strong and healthy marriage that glorifies our Lord.
We thank and praise God for the friends he's blessed us with everyday!
Brent and Briyana
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Neat story
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