http://www.faith-journey.com/archives/definingmaturity/ learning to walk as Jesus walked Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:53:00 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.faith-journey.com/archives/definingmaturity/comment-page-1/#comment-7661 Paul Wed, 27 May 2009 17:52:32 +0000 http://www.faith-journey.com/?p=437#comment-7661 Pressing onward, especially when we are "comfortable", is probably one of the hardest things! Pressing onward, especially when we are “comfortable”, is probably one of the hardest things!

]]> http://www.faith-journey.com/archives/definingmaturity/comment-page-1/#comment-7488 rachel Fri, 22 May 2009 19:18:47 +0000 http://www.faith-journey.com/?p=437#comment-7488 Good questions Paul, we all need to think about this. Healthy spiritual maturity can be hard to define- but it seems like one should always being in a consistent growing process towards modeling Jesus and having a teachable spirit on that journey. My level of spiritual maturity is not where it could be. I think we often sell ourselves short by getting comfortable in our level of maturity and not "pressing on toward the goal" per se quite as eagerly as we ought to. We often allow our busy schedules to rule our lives. To become more spiritually mature I think we just need to slow down and surrender some time, energy, and our bodies to Jesus regularly. Our ability to openly show grace and love others and God I think will continue to increase as we allow Him to peel back our human layers. Thanks for the encouragement to take responsibility for my journey with Christ. Refreshing. Good questions Paul, we all need to think about this. Healthy spiritual maturity can be hard to define- but it seems like one should always being in a consistent growing process towards modeling Jesus and having a teachable spirit on that journey. My level of spiritual maturity is not where it could be. I think we often sell ourselves short by getting comfortable in our level of maturity and not “pressing on toward the goal” per se quite as eagerly as we ought to. We often allow our busy schedules to rule our lives. To become more spiritually mature I think we just need to slow down and surrender some time, energy, and our bodies to Jesus regularly. Our ability to openly show grace and love others and God I think will continue to increase as we allow Him to peel back our human layers. Thanks for the encouragement to take responsibility for my journey with Christ. Refreshing.

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