365 Days of Spirit-Filled Fruits Challenge-Day 249

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.