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Imagine a more lively and spirited Christian adult.

She learns to "use" all the events of the day to grow in her closeness to God.

Red lights, burnt toast, delays, setback, rude bosses, disruptions, twisted ankles, work demands, demands from her many children, etc.

She deals with all these events - with God, asking Him to help her grow in her love for Him THROUGH those difficulties and demands, not wanting to lose one moment or chance to grow in the image of Jesus Christ. 

She uses the material events of every day to grow in a thousand virtues and in the intimacy of her continual conversation with God, referring all matter to Him - like a trusting child of God!

She learns to control her temper, learns to deal with small pains, hunger, aches - and more she learns to take all these things in stride, cheerfully, because she's converting it all to prayer with God, offering this pain for that daughter, this setback well handled for her husband who is traveling for business.