Growing Pains

Psychologists state that by their mid-thirties most people stop growing in every area of their life! Looking down at my waist line I can't agree with this statement 100% but I understand fully what they mean. We are creatures of comfort. Anything that is going to stretch us or take us out of our "worked hard to establish" comfort zones is likely going to be by-passed.

I deal with this in my own life as well. I have convinced myself of my weaknesses that I stay comfortably in them, and never try to raise the bar. Deep down I want to raise the bar but I have this psychological battle going on in my mind of whether I want to go through the pain or potential failure just to move a weakness towards a strength. Why not just highlight my strengths? I wish I could, but what I realize is my weaknesses affect my performance and affects the team around me. It's the old saying, "You can run but you can't hide." So with this truth I have set out on a continual mission to be open to growing in areas of weaknesses while still growing my strengths. Paul said in Philippians 1:6, "God who began a good work in me will bring it to completion in the day of Christ Jesus." I assume this work and the completion has to do with both my strengths and weaknesses. So bring on the growing pains, it's all part of the great adventure.