Psalm 119:97-104

Psalm 119:97-104 
English Standard Version (ESV)

 School can be a slow accumulation of knowledge.  At the beginning of the school year, it may not seem like you're learning much, and the year can drag in such a way that there may be days when you wonder what you are learning.  By the end of the year, however, you look back and realize how much you've learned, how much you've grown.  It's similar to having children -- they don't change much from day to day, but I now have a seven year old where a toddler once toddled, and a five year old where a newborn once slept.  Life moves along.
  In the same way, we accumulate wisdom as we follow God.  Little by little, day by day, the faithful life unfolds and the Holy Spirit builds us up, maturing us as Christ-followers.  It's not always apparent in the day-to-day, but the little habits of Scripture reading and prayer build up and transform us into a people that depend upon God for the very breath in our lungs.  We are shaped, molded like a river carves a canyon, into the people of God. 
  So take the little steps today, and then again tomorrow, and trust in the God who is molding us into a people covered in grace and invited into the abundant life.