I was reading something yesterday (daily devotion!) and one of the things that it talked about was how hard we have to work to have something that is good. For example, I've been trying to lose weight for nearly my entire life. However, I don't really put into it the effort that is truely required: working out, drinking more water, really (really!) watching what I eat, etc. So why, then, do you suppose, that I am always depressed over not losing any weight?
It seems to me that when I am stagnant in my faith it is because I'm not really working on it. Effort needs to be made to connect with God and to grow in ways that I don't initially think that I need to. To have a dynamic life of constant transformation requires an effort equal in measure. And it all boils down to where my loyalties lie: as soon as I feel that I'm in a good place, I slack off and my loyalties change to things more of this world. Oh what a battle of a life we live!
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