Growing up!

We often call ourselves adults when we reach eighteen. We think because the law calls us legal we are adults. Men are all grown up when they get their first facial hair and when women get breast and begin their menstrual cycle, they are grown. But are those really the measuring stick for adults? Is that truly how you tell adults from kids? Or is it when is mature? What is maturity? How does one become mature? Is it when one begins having sex? Is it when one finishes secondary school? When does one become mature?


I ponder on this because many of us claim to be adults because we have jobs, make our own money or turn our own keys. We believe that we are mature and all grown up. I have been entering situations lately that had me asking myself “what would an adult do?” I have been getting my answers. It is almost never the easier way out. My first instinct is to forget it when the adult thing to do is take responsibility, deal with the consequences and face it. Just face it. When I don’t want to forgive or be the bigger person, the adult thing for me to do is to forgive and put away petty things.

Not only are those the adult things to do but they are the Christian things to do. Jesus requires us to be the adults, the examples for others to look at and follow. Are we being that, or are we too caught up in our feelings to see the bigger picture? I am not saying that it is easy. I am not saying that you’re a heathen if you are harbouring unforgiveness, I am saying check it. I am not saying that you are not mature if you run from your problems, what I am saying is check it. We all have on goal in mind; let’s not allow anything to keep us out of the kingdom of God. Nothing!