Childhood faith versus Mature Faith

I found this comparison in a book earlier today. Pretty challenging.

CHILDHOOD FAITH	MATURE ADULT FAITH
Good Christians don’t have pain or disappointment.	God uses our pain and disappointment to make us better Christians.
God helps those who help themselves.	God helps those who admit their own helplessness.
God wants to make us happy.	God wants to make us into the image of Jesus.
Faith will help us always explain what God is doing (things always work out).	Faith helps us stand under God’s sovereignty even when we have no idea what God is doing.
The closer we get to God, the more perfect we become.	The closer we get to God, the more we become aware of our own sinfulness.
Mature Christians have answers.	Mature Christians can wrestle honestly with tough questions because we trust that God has the answers.
Good Christians are always strong.	Our strength is in admitting our weakness.
We go to church because our friends are there, we have great leaders, and we get something out of it.	We go to church because we belong to the body of Christ.

Food for Thought

Some thoughts provoking thoughts that I read recently:

'How can we ask his help without being with him? And how can we be with him without often thinking of him? And how can we often think of him without forming a holy habit of doing so?'Brother Lawrence (17th century monk)

I am like an oarsman rowing against a current. My will-pressure must be gentle but constant, to listen to God, to pray for others incessantly, to look at people as souls and not as clothes, or bodies or even minds. The moment the pressure on the oar ceases, i drift, and downward... "Let go and let God" does not fit my experience. "Take hold and keep hold of God" is what it feels like to me. There is a will-act, and I can feel the spiritual muscles growing from rowing! - Frank Laubach