Me: Watcha thinking about?
Prodigal: Just something that happened the other day.
Me: Maybe this will help you sort through it.
This is from the book A Man of Grace and Grit: Paul by Chuck Swindoll
You know our problem? We confuse conversion with maturity. We’d rather these new converts clean up their act straight away before we grant them our genuine seal of Christian approval. How sad. Somewhere along the way we’ve forgotten the details of our own miserable pasts and the grace of God at work in us.
No person, no matter how bright or how sincere or how submissive, comes to Christ and enters a world of instantaneous spiritual maturity. Becoming mature is a lifelong process.
Matthew 18:15
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
