Years ago, when pastoring, we established a Christian school for our own church kids. I felt so sorry for one particular boy, who was in the growing stage and had outgrown his trousers. They came well above his ankles. To make things worse, he had a tall, skinny, frame.
Samuel’s mother, Hannah, would have no such thing happen to her little boy. She saved him from this humiliation, for we are told, “Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year.” One of the price’s of growth is letting go of the old for the new.
It is easy to get attached to Linus’ security blanket! As one grows in the Lord there are some things, good things, we must leave behind (Heb.6:1). You can no longer fit in your crib, or use your baby blanket for a covering (Isa.28:20).
Samuel’s character and principles didn’t change, but many, many other things did. In growth, it is necessary that allowances and adjustments be made. If you don’t, you’re going to be “too big for your own britches.” And I don’t mean this in the proud sense, but an embarrassing one.
"Arrested development consists not in refusing to lose old things but in failing to add new things!"
(C.S. Lewis)
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