Growth is difficult, but beneficial. I feel like I am in the middle of a growth season, one that has stretched me for some time, and will continue to stretch me for some time. However, I am comforted by this truth...That "he who began a good work in me will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." (Phil 1:6)

I was recently meditating on Acts 1 & 2 and thought about this idea...That Jesus chose people who were not the best and brightest. I know that this is not a new thought, Rob Bell has spoken of this quite a bit, but I found comfort in the idea that I am not the best and the brightest either, but Jesus chose me as well to do his work. How cool to consider that Jesus, son of God, the "coolest" person of all time, liked oddballs and rejects, and did great things through them, because they knew He was real, and trusted in him for it. So that is the challenge...If Jesus really chose me, and in choosing me, believes in my ability to carry out his will, do I trust and believe him that he is going to work through me and do what he promised. It is one thing to say I do, it is another thing to act on it, to step out and trust, to follow where he leads. That is what I desire to do!