Anonymous: Jesus' hidden years...and yours

by Alicia Britt Chole

In the absence of anything to measure, we are left with nothing to stare at except for our foundation.

we can spend years feeling that the greatest part of us is submerged in the unseen, as though others can only see the tip of the iceberg of who we really are.

No. Our desire to “be like Jesus” contains several exemption clauses, not the least of which are Jesus’ hidden years, desert experiences, temptations, tortures, and crucifixion.

As with a child in the womb and a seed in the ground, God’s unanticipated move of hiding Jesus granted him protected, undisturbed room to be and become.

Unapplauded, but not unproductive: hidden years are the surprising birthplace of true spiritual greatness.

“I feel that trials do not prepare us for what’s to come as much as they reveal what we’ve done with our lives up to this point.”