Follow

I feel challenged by our pastor's new sermon series entitled "Follow". It's a discipleship series. He talked of there being 4 stages of spiritual grown that mirror the stages we see in physical growth. It was a good visual for me.

Birth
Childhood
Adolescence/Teens
Adulthood

I'm trying to figure out where I am on the scale. I've passed the birth stage. I've been a Christian for almost 21 years. Yeah, I "said the prayer" at age 4. I don't think I really got a lot of it until I was older though. I pretty much "started over" after college and made a more focused effort at growing closer to God. I think I've passed the childhood phase because I understand basic Christianity and I've dove in to discover deeper truths. But I'm defiantly not to the "adult" stage of my walk. I'll probably be 60 when that happens. I think that I'm in the adolescent years. I see myself as being just like a regular teenager to her parents when it comes to relating to God. Most of the time I'm fine but there are those times when I don't want to clean up my room or I want to do the opposite of what you said just for the heck of it. I mean, I really love God and stuff. I just let my rebellious streak get all riled up sometimes.

I long to be an adult and to have a deeper understanding of my Creator. Why does it have to take so long to get there? The other point that Pastor Ron brought up is that we are all at different stages. We can all learn from somebody and we can all lead somebody. I think I'm good at finding people to mentor. But I totally suck when it comes time for me to find someone to learn FROM. It would be so cool for John and I to find a couple who is about 10 years or so older (married w/ kids) than us who can help us learn life stuff. That would be so beneficial.