John SilkauskasGrowing Up | John Silkauskas https://johnsilkauskas.com Thu, 30 May 2024 01:31:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://johnsilkauskas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cropped-apple-icon-32x32.png Growing Up | John Silkauskas https://johnsilkauskas.com 32 32 Growing Up https://johnsilkauskas.com/growing-up/ https://johnsilkauskas.com/growing-up/#respond Fri, 17 Apr 2015 14:42:22 +0000 John Silkauskas http://cs10.temp.domains/~johnsilk/?p=796 Growing up I loved playing outside, baseball, basketball, football, hide and seek, going to the pool – I loved being wild and free. I enjoyed being able to do what I want when I wanted and I wasn’t the biggest fan of being told what do to. I loved doing things that I wanted to […]

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]]> Growing up I loved playing outside, baseball, basketball, football, hide and seek, going to the pool – I loved being wild and free. I enjoyed being able to do what I want when I wanted and I wasn’t the biggest fan of being told what do to. I loved doing things that I wanted to do and disliked doing some of the things I needed to do. I hated getting haircuts, flossing, going to bed early, eating my vegetables, you know all of those things kids don’t like to do.

Recently God has been speaking to me about “Growing up.” Learning to do things that are difficult, responding better when in conflict, doing things that need to be done before doing things that I want to do. At times it’s painful and I experience growing pains. But the maturity that is taking place is good and fruitful! I’m seeing greater health in all areas: relationally, financially, physically, spiritually, in time management and productivity.

There’s times I still don’t like eating my vegetables but I’m learning to “Grow up.” I’m removing unhealthy or unnecessary things from my life and I’m adding other things that are proving to be beneficial. I’m seeing more balance and maturity take place and I am actually enjoying it! I share all this to challenge you to “Grow up.”

So…

What is God is asking you to let go of?

What is God leading you to do?

What is God speaking to you about “Growing up?”

Blessings,

~John

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

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