About how we should grow:

John 15:5 "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. (NIV)

You must never give up growing. You must never use your age, your circumstances, your problems, or any part of your life as an excuse not to grow each day. One of the problems with growing is growing as a person is often both slow and difficult. We normally grow in wisdom and in truth by accumulating tiny bits of wisdom on a daily basis. We may have a life-changing experience dramatically changing our life, but we normally grind out our life one day after another with little sense of our growth�if we have any sense about our growth at all. Our lack of sense about growing is why we must commit to growing each day. We must commit our life to growing by seeking daily wisdom and truth about God. We must commit our life to growing by seeking daily wisdom about others. We must commit our life to growing by seeking daily wisdom to reach out and touch the life of others. We should commit our life to growing so we can enrich the life of others in all kinds of ways. In our daily life, we should grow by loving God more. We should grow by more effectively conquering our obstacles each day for God and for others rather than for ourselves.