I find it curious that the goal from the
day we are born is to be independent. I think a lot of parents would like to
see their kids grow up to be happy, healthy and successful. But our life is not
just about our physical bodies. In teaching independence to our children, we
must also teach them to depend on God. I think most of us are aware of how much
more challenging it is to learn something as an adult especially since it is
going against what you have learned in childhood and been doing your whole
life. You know how they say it is easier for a child to learn a new language
but it becomes more difficult as you get older. As children we are like brand
new sponges and we are able to soak up so much more. As adults, we are sponges
that have been set aside and unused, dried up and it is so much more
challenging to soak up anything. But even an old dried up sponge can become
transformed and made like new with a good soaking in water. We too can be
transformed by the renewing water of life given to us by the Holy Spirit. We
can learn to depend on God and through that dependence find peace in all
circumstances.
Acts 27:13 When a gentle south wind
began to blow, they thought they had obtained what they wanted; so the
weighed anchor and sailed along the shore of Crete.
