Positive Daily Inspiration – May 16, 2022 – Grow Up In Every Way

Grow Up In Every Way

“We are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.”
Ephesians 4:15

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Too often we feel alone. But there is always someone ready to take our hand. There is a beautiful story of an overworked nurse who escorted a tired, young man to her patient’s bedside. Leaning over and speaking loudly to the elderly patient, she said, “Your son is here.”

With great effort, his unfocused eyes opened, then flickered shut again. The young man squeezed the aged hand in his and sat beside the bed. Throughout the night he sat there, holding the old man’s hand and whispering words of comfort.

By morning’s light, the patient had died. In moments, hospital staff swarmed into the room to turn off machines and remove needles. The nurse stepped over to the young man’s side and began to offer sympathy, but he interrupted her.

“Who was that man?” he asked.

The startled nurse replied, “I thought he was your father!”

“No, he was not my father”, he answered. “I never saw him before in my life.”

“Then, why didn’t you say something when I took you to him?”

“I realized he needed his son, and his son wasn’t here”, the man explained. “And since he was too sick to recognize that I was not his son, I knew he needed me.”

Mother Teresa used to remind us that nobody should have to die alone. Likewise, nobody should have to grieve alone or cry alone either. Or laugh alone or celebrate alone.

We are made to travel life’s journey hand in hand. There is someone ready to grasp your hand today. And someone hoping you will take theirs. Remember to hang on to one another. Spiritual growing requires it.

If you’re a gardener, you know that sturdy plants are those with deep roots, which are capable of reaching down into the earth for nutrients and moisture.

Just as true, the strong, happy person is the one whose life is deeply rooted in God, and deeply rooted in God’s children. It is spiritual growth that our souls long for, and it is the uplifting power of faith, prayer and togetherness that nourishes us.

I used to know a woman who was very unhappy. After talking with me, we both agreed that her life wasn’t working the way that she was working it. She agreed to go on a spiritual quest and began praying and meditating every day for 15 minutes in the morning and 15 minutes at night. Her life started to turn around. She said later, “When I looked in the mirror I saw a fully grown and mature woman, but inside I was anything but fully grown. When I started praying, I started to recharge my spiritual batteries, my resource and reserve. I couldn’t believe the difference that it made in my outlook and my energy. This has literally changed my life. I rely upon God instead of myself.

When she started to feel better and felt a reserve of power instead of the daily drain, I told her that to continue to grow spiritually she needed to get more involved in others’ lives than her own.

Spiritual growth should be your goal. You know intuitively that there is a pattern of perfection in you. You are a child of God and capable of happiness. Something in you never forgets, and never for a moment loses sight of the spiritual nature of your being.

You live in God. With each passing day, you become more firmly grounded in God. You understand that you derive your life, your strength, and your wisdom from God. You will find more strength by giving it away. The strength will flow through you like a conduit.

You enter into your times of prayer with sincere and gracious appreciation. You make your prayer times an attitude of thanksgiving. With your heart filled with gratitude, you open wide every channel of good and receive increased flow of blessings. You naturally give those blessings away by your very presence to others.

Throughout the day you simply and lovingly turn to God and say, “Thank You, God.” You decide to change your life through spiritual growth and live in an atmosphere of thanksgiving to God. You rejoice always in the bountiful goodness that you receive, and for the privilege you have of giving to others.

A thankful mind is not depressed, fearful or worried. Its focus is on God instead of temporary problems.

Your spiritual growth based on prayer and thankfulness multiplies and increases your good, first in your awareness of how good life can be and then in all that you attract to yourself. You become a light to your world.

I am praying for your active spiritual growth today. I pray that spiritual growth becomes a vital, indispensable part of your everyday living. I pray that your life is transformed, and you transform others by the life you live.

POSITIVE DAILY PRAYER:

(Simple prayer – with life-changing effects.)

Dear God, if anyone ever needs me, send me there.

POSITIVE DAILY AFFIRMATION: I follow Christ by getting involved in others’ lives in positive ways.

POSITIVE DAILY QUOTE: “Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.” Isaac Newton

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