From The Words Of My Child......Nature vs Nurture

My daughter wrote a paper for college the other day that she wanted me to read over.   It's funny how we raise kids and teach them things and as they get older and even while they are young they teach us.   The paper was on nature vs. nurture.   Interesting analogy don't you think. 

Nature ......  The inherent character or basic constitution of a person or thing

Nurture ......  The caring for and encouraging the growth of someone or something: "the nurture of ethics and integrity".

We know these two words but we really don't stop to think about them and relate them to us or the word of God in our lives.  

We are all born with God's nature on the inside of us.   But do we nurture that nature?   Do we take time to read the word, meditate on it, or pray it out.   In other words do we encourage the word to grow and produce in our lives and the lives of those around us?   

God created this entire world so that every living thing in it would go through a growth process.   How these living things are nourished will determine their ability to grow and to live.   We have to remember that the word on the inside of us is alive.   It is God on the inside of us.   It is God's desire that He grow on the inside of us but it up to us to nurture the word.  

How BIG will you allow God to grow on the inside of you?   Will you allow Him to grow to the point that what is on the inside of you can no longer be contained within?  It will begin to reflect on the inside so that everyone can see how BIG your God really is?

Worship For Today

"From The Inside Out"

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