Beginning with God’s command to Adam, be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth,” and by the nature of creation, growth is a given. We not only grow from childhood to adulthood, but we purposefully grow intellectually at home, at school, at work and for fun. We grow spiritually: “Be born again.” Psychologists, counselors and self-help books coach us to improve (grow) our personalities. We try to grow our incomes, our economy and our experiences. In political issues, we contrast growing government with growing freedom.