Grow In Grace

Fresh is good!  Think of it -- fresh bed sheets, fresh steamed broccoli & squash, summer rain.  Years ago, Danny took a bite of "freshly thawed" cornbread and I he was not impressed.  The cornbread was to be part of cornbread dressing but after one bite, he decided it was ruined and threw it in the garbage. He messed up my dressing and his bowl of cornbread & milk!

A Godly life stems from growth.  The strength and well-being of Christians depend on those things which feed them.  Staleness or the lack of freshness comes when we stop feeding on the goodness of God's Word.  That’s how sin takes rule of our thoughts. Loretta Lynn once said, "you've got to continue to grow or you're just like last night's cornbread -- stale and dry."  Danny got a taste of that -- stale, dry cornbread!  This is how the world sees and hears us when we stop growing, moving forward in righteousness.  Peter asked: "what sort of people ought you to be in conduct and godliness?"  (2 Peter 3:11)  The answer, "grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." (2 Peter 3:18).  Right now, today, is the perfect time to shake off the stale and water what is dry. Grow in grace!