{"id":3196,"date":"2015-12-09T16:48:59","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T21:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/?p=3196"},"modified":"2015-12-08T16:54:31","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T21:54:31","slug":"growing-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2015\/12\/growing-up.html","title":{"rendered":"Growing up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When in the second grade, my concept of family included me, Mom, Dad, two brothers, and one sister. At the end of the year, another sister entered the pictured. As I matured, so did my concept of family.<\/p>\n<p>It reached out to grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. After getting married, family blossomed.<\/p>\n<p>My concept of family was very immature in my younger years. This is interesting.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve concluded that my concept of this world and human existence is very immature. It keeps growing, therefore it isn\u2019t complete.<\/p>\n<p>I think what <a href=\"https:\/\/21stcenturyscience.wordpress.com\/2015\/12\/02\/november-18-2015\/\">God created<\/a> is complete, therefore I don\u2019t believe God created what we know about this world and human existence. Because our knowledge is still incomplete.<\/p>\n<p>This conclusion is a relief in that I don\u2019t have to wonder why would God create all the evil in this world? God didn&#8217;t create evil.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t have to fret about taking this human body with me after death. God isn&#8217;t testing us and our bodies.<\/p>\n<p>I will outgrow this worldly concept. It <a href=\"http:\/\/bookstore.trafford.com\/Products\/SKU-000931361\/21st-Century-Science--Health-with-Key-to-the-Scriptures.aspx\">will continue<\/a> to mature. It will be like God, Love, Truth, and Life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/269\/2014\/03\/hyacinth-at-nates-school-with-pink-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2525\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/269\/2014\/03\/hyacinth-at-nates-school-with-pink-small.jpg\" alt=\"hyacinth at nates school with pink small\" width=\"512\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When in the second grade, my concept of family included me, Mom, Dad, two brothers, and one sister. At the end of the year, another sister entered the pictured. As I matured, so did my concept of family. It reached out to grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. After getting married, family blossomed. 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