THOUGHTS ON MATURITY

When I was a child I walked as a child, thought as a child, played games as a child. When I became a man I walked as a man, I thought like a man, games were for children. Sometimes we stunt our growth because we cannot let go of childish ways. God gave all of us a physical change to go through in life. We call it puberty. When we go through puberty the body changes. We shift from the created child to a man/woman of creation. We must also shift in our mentality. Too often many of us stay at the prepubescent stage mentally. We do not take the cue from our bodies to grow and mature. Stop acting like a child. Stop walking in a child's shoes. They do not fit anymore. Stop thinking like a child. Your mind has grown and it will need to be filled with new knowledge. It must continue to adapt to change. Don't continue to play childish games. Children play games to learn right and wrong. You played those games and now you must move on with the lessons you learned from them. If you live as a child in a adult's body you have retarded your growth. This is abnormal and abnormalities cause problems. It will cause you to do things in a irregular manner. It is the primary reason why many of you cannot keep a relationship, take responsibility for your family, or simply live and act like an adult. It is a deviation from your true adult form. I am simply saying to you that we must move on from childish things. We must let the child grow! Growth means to rise, develop, to reach maturation. If you are not growing you are dying. Do not retard your growth. Walk as a man; talk as a man, live your life as a mature adult growing in the light of God!