Growing up

I watched a middle school basketball game last night with Nick. To my pleasant surprise I knew several of the players on the the "other team". I watched the best player on the other team score several times before realizing that he was on one of Nick's baseball teams several years ago. He had grown up (about a foot taller). After speaking to his father and mother after the game, the young man came and spoke to me. I congratulated him for the great game. When I spoke to him I recognized his face, yet I recoginzed that he had matured a great deal. For the last few weeks I have shared messages about "lessons learned". This young man illustrates the goal of my messages. Maturity should be recognizable. "Lessons learned" produce obvious changes in us. The process of spiritual maturation is not hidden from those around us. If it is hidden - it makes me wonder if it's happening.