You're a bird who's been in a cage all your life, and suddenly all the walls are gone, and you're in the wide open. You're so afraid you're looking for any way back into the cage again. Whatever you choose to think now, it's not safer there. Even if you tried to go back now, I don't think you could survive that way again.
- Michael Hosea to his beloved wife, who lived a life of a prostitute in Francine River's Redeeming Love
When we were babes, we were fed with milk. As we grow, we will need solid food and exercise to gain strength in our bodies that we may learn to walk, and eventually run. And when we become adults, the motion of walking and running becomes second nature. We choose nutritious food to sustain a strong body and discipline of sorts to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
However, when tragedy strikes, why then is it that human nature punishes us with regression to the old ways? Or to remain in a wheelchair and wheel our entire life, hopes and dreams off the cliff?
God forbid that we should go back to the old ways and not allow growth beyond the highest point of yesteryears - beyond our comfort zone.
Should we settle with being taught the ABCs all over again - a place of familiarity and comfort - when we have tasted so much more living in the freedom of the Spirit?
Would we not allow Him to do a new thing in our lives, while being firmly grounded upon His truth and empowered by His Spirit?
Would we not allow Him to do a new thing in our lives, while being firmly grounded upon His truth and empowered by His Spirit?
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