Reality as
we know it is far too complex for a baby’s brain to comprehend all at once. The
learning development of child happens in stages. All those big blocky bright
colorful toys are designed to stimulate a newborns mind. Some toys make
particular noises while some have certain textures, but they were created for newborns
learning to adapt and manipulate their new environment safely. They are
building the skills they will need in the real world.
This early
stage of learning in only intended to teach a newborn the basics shapes, colors
and sounds. As we progress in our learning we tend to gravitate toward more age
appropriate tools of learning. The shapes we use become more complex and the
sounds we muttered as a baby begin turning into the proper vowels and
consonants needed to communicate. Even though we shed all of the newborn things
we do not discard the skills we acquire. They just become part of us.
By the time
we reach our teen years we are being prepped for our next big steps which would
be finishing school finding a job and navigating more meaningful appropriate relationships.
As we mature we begin to attain the utmost of responsibilities bringing with us
all of those learned skills. Some of the skills we have learned are deliberate
lessons, while other skills are picked up with the various ups and downs God
will toss our way. We’ll call those life lessons.
What I am
finding out in my walk with Jesus is that although all these lessons and skills
are necessary for life; if we want to find the Kingdom we are not done
learning. No matter our age or understanding we still have some very big steps
ahead of us.
A newborn’s
mind is incapable of understanding the fullness of our reality but this little
fact doesn’t stop us from teaching loving and nurturing a newborn into
adulthood and beyond. Likewise our minds are incapable of understanding the fullness
of God’s reality all at once. Reading scripture staying connected in prayer is
how God is loving and nurturing us into His Kingdom.
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