How do we measure spiritual growth? It isn’t like a bank account that we can look at and see an exact number. It is more like our blood pressure. It goes up and down but it has a trend. I had an experience this week that I found encouraging.
My car blew up on the way to work. Again. I was towed, got in my wife’s car and managed to walk into my classroom 30 seconds before the bell rang. How is this encouraging? At the time it did not occur to me but looking back I realized I handled the crisis much better than normal.
When the idiot light came on I did not lose my cool. When I got out and looked under the hood I did not start mumbling. As I stood in the cold morning waiting for the tow truck I did not bemoan my fate and ask, “Why me?” I got out my Kindle and read from the Confessions of Augstine.
Weird.
But when I looked back I realized that I behaved with much more maturity that I normally show. The Holy Spirit was helping me to show active faith. It was a great thing to realize.
Maybe there is hope for me.
homo unius libri
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