The Demand of Growth

(Pro 19:20 KJV)  Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

Am I the only one who gets tired of the daily grind and wants to rest on my laurels?  I don’t think so, but it may be worse in me than others.  I wish I could do things right the first time so that I don’t need to do it again.  I wish I could remember all the things I had read then I would not need to read them again.  I wish I could retain all the wisdom that has been laid on me over the years.  It doesn’t work that way.  Wisdom does not become automatic and can be suppressed or decay.

This is why it is so important to keep reading.  I keep coming to passages in the Bible that I don’t remember reading before.  It is also important to keep discussing what you have read with people who can challenge your thinking.  I can grow in solitaire but the awareness that someone may disagree with me forces me into a deeper level of thinking.  

So?  Keep growing.  It may be frustrating to go over the same ground again but if you are lucky you won’t remember and get up tight about it.  I sometimes wonder how memory will work in eternity.