Growth Spurt

Anybody who has been around kids for any length of time understands the idea of growth spurts. Kids don't always grow in a linear way. Some days, they wake up .0025" taller than the day before, but other times they stay the same for a while and then almost overnight grow .25". It's easy to see in babies since they have to be fed all the time...we see how much food goes into them...in fact, my youngest seems to be going through a growth spurt as he is eating more dinner than anybody in the family recently!

Well, we have spiritual growth spurts as well. We can be cruising along doing our thing and just being the man or woman God has made us when we experience a growth spurt. I see these corresponding completely with the child's growth spurt. Normally, we as followers of Jesus do our eating. For me, that is a daily devotional time. I wake up, check email, read some scripture and pray to start out my day. That activity helps us to grow as followers and we are better tools for God to use.

Recently I been going through a growth spurt. I have just been eating all the spiritual food I can find. I have spent more time in scripture and exploring it than I usually do. I have been talking to people and exploring this idea that God is open source. It has driven me to use the talents and abilities God has given me to get some computer stuff going. By embracing the open source technologies, we continue to embrace this idea of God being open source. We can utilize the technologies available to help build a community of followers of Jesus that can come together no matter their geographic location and work towards a common goal with the express purpose of serving God. I am struggling to sleep at night because I am so geeked on this idea of God being open source!

Tom