The Lord loves His children at each stage, even as He works with us in each stage to keep us developing toward a fullness. And, as we said, it’s not that one stage is more important than another or that a person at a higher stage is more valuable than one at a lower, or is more acceptable to God; rather, the higher the stage, if it is balanced development, the greater one’s personal sense of fulfillment and the more enhanced one’s ability to contribute to others.
