finding the balance.

As a christian there are always things that we will struggle with, a cross we will bear. I think that alot of the time we think that as time gos on or as we think that we are growing that these stuggles will get easier...or slow down...i do not think so. I think that part of spiritual maturity is not outgrowing the struggles so much as growing in the way that we handle them. Not that we are suppose to act like our lives are perfect or that we have everything undercontrole but to acknowledge that God is in controle and find joy in our struggles as Paul commands in almost all of his letters. And as he so beautifuly portrays in his on life. And it is not easy to do, that is why we need constant accountability and friends that are willing to be intentional in encouraging eachother onward and to find this joy that is portryed in the bible, but if you are like me you dont realy know were exactly to find that joy in the bible right of the top of your head. And that is because we do not spend enough time in the Word and loving it and seeking its knowledge, which we also need accountability to do. basicaly what everything comes don to is our love for the Lord, if we love Him we will seek him, and if we seek him he promises that e will find him. But we have to take that first step.