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From today's reading: "When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love." 1 Corinthians 13:11-13 There are times when we have trouble putting away childish behavior, especially when we get our feelings hurt. At times like that we do see in a mirror dimly and we don't like what we see. But when we feel powerless to change that childish reaction, we can reach out and draw on the power of the Lord to overcome our base response. It doesn't mean it's going to happen immediately because it's a process. I remember someone saying, "I know I have to forgive him, but I want to be mad just one more day." So we take it, one day at a time, growing in grace, knowing that God's love for us, his faith in us and his hopes for our future in him will remain constant and help us to overcome all obstacles.