Driving home from church I noticed something that jumped right out at me. The snow underneath all of the trees had melted leaving a large circle of exposed, though brown, grass in view. What made that so graphic was that the spring melt had not yet melted the snow enough on the open lawns and fields to see what was underneath that snow. I thought about the reason for that interesting observation. Trees, as we know, are things that grow. They may be somewhat dormant in the winter time, but they are going through nature's process of keeping fed and storing what they pull from the soil and the weather to prepare them for the spring burst of new foliage. That process takes energy, and energy produces heat, so I surmised that must be the reason for the circular melting, even on the "shady" side of those trees.
We, as people, are always growing. There are times when we are growing well, just as there are times we may be dormant. We may also have some shady sides as well. Our spiritual growth is no different. Sometimes it is slow, sometimes a bit dormant, and once in a while there is a shady side to be dealt with.
When we embrace the process of being a Christian man, we start as a seed and let it grow until we are fully devoted followers of Christ. Throughout that process we seek to be fed constantly by God's hand. We are the takers, and He is the giver. There is energy in that exchange, and that energy is our passion. When that occurs, there is no snow at the base of the tree we have become. There is just the beauty of what we really are..men of God.
Bottom Line Thought: No matter where your journey, are you taking the advantage of all the ways God feeds you in your travel, so that you can fully appreciate the beauty of what you are becoming..a real man of God?
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