River crossing
Life is full of transitions, from one bank of a river to the other side. When we transition as 7-year-olds to schooling life. When we transition from schooling life to working life. From singlehood to married life and parenthood. From one job or even one country to another. When we transition from being a follower to a leader. And when we transition from one leader to another. Much as we may sometimes want, we can't stay still, or keep doing the same thing. This is certainly true at work. If, by the same time each year, we are doing exactly the same, and we are no more valuable to our employers or customers than we were last year, then we should logically expect (1) no increment, and (2) to soon be replaced by someone else who *has* used that year to grow. This is also true of our spiritual walk. In the parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14-30), the master of a household gave 1, 2 and 5 bags of gold respectively to 3 of his servants. The one with 5 bags multiplied it to 10. The one