Time to put away childish things

1 Corinthians 13:11
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

When I was a child - When you were a child you had people who treated you as such. You had a curfew. You were told what to do and when to do it. You had to leave the room when the adults were talking. Now as an adult if you have people in your life still treating you this way and you are not in jail; then it is time to put them away.

I spoke as a child - If your vocabulary has not increased since the third grade; then GO PICK UP A BOOK. Oh yeah, read it. Repeat the process. Try a different book this time though.

I understood as a child - as a child you should only be exposed to so much. Some of us more than others but at the same rate they still understand things as children do. As a child you may not understand certain unfavorable family situations, or whatever the case may be, too many to list, and who wants to revisit anyway. But litsen if you are repeating the cycle then doesn't that mean you still have mentality of the child who thinks it's ok?

I thought as a child - Children generally do not think too hard about anything. Why would they? It doesn't take too much concentration to figure out which cereal you are going to eat today. But as an adult if that is the hardest decision you have to make today then........

Because most of the children in my life are smarter than many of the adults in my life, I was prompted to write this blog. I know an 8 year who is following the debates on health care reform and a 6 year old trying to create her own beauty products to sell. They are already ready to put away their childish things.