{"id":800,"date":"2017-10-13T09:54:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T14:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/youve-come-long-way-baby_13\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:11:35","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:11:35","slug":"youve-come-long-way-baby_13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=800","title":{"rendered":"You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Have you thought about how far you\u2019ve come in life? You\u2019ve acquired abilities you never thought possible. You dreamed of driving a car and the day came when you earned your driver\u2019s license and now you\u2019ve been driving for years. You dreamed of one day getting married and having children. That day came and now you\u2019re raising your children and, quite frankly, you\u2019re doing a great job at it. You dreamed of the day when you\u2019d have a job that paid you well for your hard work. You put that dreaming to work as you earned a college degree or you learned a skill or you gained on-the-job, hands-on experience that opened up even more doors for your next position.<\/p>\n

Think back to where you started. Maybe it was that newspaper route that taught you the discipline of getting up early and the responsibility to be on time and throw it just in the right place on the driveway. Maybe it was that waitress job that taught you patience and diligence? Maybe those school sports gave you the start you needed to be the team player with sportsmanship and comradery that you have with your friends and fellow employees today. <\/p>\n

Thomas Edison said “I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident, they came by work.” He was known for an unfailing work ethic. He never shirked from mundane tasks because he always found there was something he could learn even while working in a telegraph office.<\/p>\n

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Think about Jesus Christ \u2013 the skills, the abilities, and the leadership qualities He had when He showed up on the scene at age 30. He must have acquired so many of His characteristics from the training He received from his dad and mom while working in the family carpentry business and from the tough times when his dad, Joseph, passed away and He had to step up and help earn income for He and His mother. Also, think about His childhood, youth, and manhood, when He studied the Scriptures. As a little child He was daily at His mother\u2019s knee taught from the scrolls of the prophets. Here is what was said of Him: \u201cAnd He grew in wisdom, stature and favor with God and Man.\u201d Luke 2:52. <\/p>\n

Like Edison, if we keep working at that “thing”, that invention, that creative idea or project \u2013 we\u2019ll land right where God planned for us. Like our Lord Jesus Christ, if we keep diligently pursuing God and becoming who He destined us to be, we’ll also hear those words \u201cAnd he\/she grew in wisdom, stature and favor with God and man.\u201d I don’t know about you, but I see my life’s timeline and I see God’s Master Plan that landed me right where I am here today. He’s been with me all the way. I can assure you \u201cI\u2019ve come a long way, Baby!” How about you? We’re still here so we’re not done with choosing to continue to grow, learn and finish strong!\u201d <\/p>\n

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