When was the last time you looked back and noticed how far you’ve come and grown? It can be surprising, right? Growth sneaks up on you, like a plant. It starts with a little seed, and over time, you’re looking at... corn?

My neighbor has two corn stalks growing in his yard. They’re right by his grill in the backyard, so I’m thinking he was grilling corn on the cob at some point and maybe a few kernels fell to the ground. That’s my theory. But over time, with the right conditions, they’ve been quietly growing every day. Little by little, through storms and heat, you name it, these stalks have been getting higher. And we both only noticed them about a month ago.

One day, I looked at his yard and called out to him when he was out there, “Hey, you got corn growing?”

“I do? Where? Well, would you look at that!”

God grows us too - spiritually, as we read the Word every day, through trials... in so many ways.

So, look back a few months, a year, a couple of years, and see how the Lord has grown you during that time. You can be excited for the future, too. You’ve come a long way, but there’s so much more to go... or grow. I’m eager to see how tall my neighbor’s corn stalks will get, and maybe we’ll have some fresh corn on the cob soon.

Job 8:7 - And though your beginning was small, your latter days will be very great.