Sunday, August 18, 2013

End of the Innocence

For our knowledge is fragmentary (incomplete and imperfect), and our prophecy (our teaching) is fragmentary (incomplete and imperfect).  But when the complete and perfect (total) comes, the incomplete and imperfect will vanish away (become antiquated, void, and superseded).  1 Corinthians 13:9-10

As I approach 40, the more I realize I simply don’t have all of the answers to life.  This is a far cry from my attitude of being a childish and immature teenager, where I was convinced that I knew everything, much to my parents’ amusement.  

I can now see these same tendencies in our oldest son, who recently turned six this summer.  We have had multiple disagreements about our favorite comic book characters and he doesn't realize that I just may know a little more than some of the boys in his kindergarten class.  (After all, I have been a comic book nerd for most of my life now!)

We must change our attitudes and thinking from believing that we know it all, to trusting God  and living with unanswered questions.


No matter where we are in our walk of faith, God will continue to lead us and in doing so, He requires us to fix our eyes on Him, and follow Him one step at a time.


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