Learning to Walk

As you know, Will had surgery this week. Everything went well and he was able to come home the next day. He'll be in casts on both legs for 6 weeks or so, and he has to wear splints on his legs at night for a month to keep his legs straight. One thing that will come out of this is that he'll essentially have to learn how to walk again twice. First, by learning how to get around with the casts. Then when the casts come off, he'll have to learn how to get his feet and ankles and the rest of his legs to function together since the muscles won't be as "tight" as they were before. He'll have some exciting successes and other times he'll stumble a little while he gains his balance and learns to walk on his "new" legs. But in the end, he'll be able to walk better than ever before.

Our spiritual life is like that. When we become Christians, we have to learn how to walk spiritually. John tells in 1 John that we need to "walk in the light" and "walk like He [Jesus] walked". In 2 John he tells us to "walk in the truth" and "walk according to His commandments". Paul tells us in Ephesians to "walk worthy of the calling in which you were called." Just like walking physically, we learn how to walk spiritually by standing up and just doing it. Do those things that God wants you to do, like being kind and standing up for your beliefs, and see how much progress you'll make in your spiritual walk. And just like Will's going to have to do, lean on your friends for support when you need it.

Have a great week, and keep on walking.

(From the Johnson Street Youth Group Trumpeter, 2/10/08)