“It’s probably just growing pains.”  That was usually my mom’s response to the aches and pains that couldn’t be explained in the moment.  That kind of growth usually meant that I was about to have a growth spurt.  (Given my height, I clearly didn’t have many of those, huh?)  They were painful and it seemed wrong not to be able to explain them right then.

Fast forward to adulthood and those growing pains look really different.  They still can’t be explained in the moment, but they ache just as much.  Those sharp pains aren’t usually in our joints anymore but our hearts.

These days, I’m learning that those crazy aches and pains that can’t be explained may very well be just God protecting me from something.  It may be that He just wants me all to Himself right now or that He has something better suited for me coming.  God knows the beginning, the middle and the end and my story.  He truly wants the best for us, as our Father.  I just need to have the faith to recognize it, believe it and live it.   And to remember that’s probably just growing pains…