Growing is HARD WORK! It starts way back at the beginning, too. Moms suffer "growing pains" during pregnancy. These are variable, starting as early as the first weeks and being as mild as fatigue, and ranging to extreme discomfort toward the end and even feeling like you are being bruised from the inside out! I would assume that the baby in the womb suffers at least a bit of discomfort as well when his or her "hotel" goes from "roomy" to "cramped". ;)
Then there is one of the first BIG milestones for a baby: teething. Just the sight of that word may make some of you mama's cringe. =) We've probably all cried as our babies whine and moan through the teething process. Then in just a few years, you have to pull those little boogers out! =P For some kids, there are also leg cramps as their little muscles try to keep up with whatever else is growing.
Obviously I'm working out an analogy here. God chooses to speak to us in His Word using experiences and pictures we can understand. Now I know that all analogies fall short, but they are given to us to HELP us understand. God delights to make Himself KNOWN to us! So, growing pains: We all know that growing up physically is, or at least can be, painful. We seem to forget that "growing up" spiritually can, and often is, much more painful because our sin nature is so "sticky"! =P Be encouraged! If you are a believer, pain--> growth. And when we grow to be more like Christ, He is glorified. And that was why we were created!
What is the chief end of man?
Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.
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