1 Corinthians 13:11

1 Corinthians 13:11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. (NIV)

I was looking at some pictures of my grandchildren earlier this week and thought how quickly they are growing up. I have one in kindergarten all ready and that is hard to believe.

When Rebecca was somewhere between the ages 7-10, she told me she was never going to leave home. She liked her life and was going to stay here forever. Well, that changed as the next phase came into play. She decided she was going to marry Prince William, raise chimps (not children) and live in England with an airstrip in her backyard so she could fly (as the pilot) wherever and whenever she wanted. She even asked me if I minded if she became a resident of England. Life was good. She had it all planned.

Then the last of her childhood aspirations happened. She wanted to become an airline pilot. She knew it wasn't going to be with the Air Force Academy, but it would be directly with British Air.

As a little girl, Bec talked and thought and reasoned like a child. Now she is an adult woman, married, has two children and another on the way. All her childish thoughts have gone by the wayside, all in the past. She has matured and life is good.

As children, we are childish in our thoughts about God as well. The song, 'Jesus Loves Me' is taught to us and some of us never grow beyond that. God wants us to learn more about him so we will walk and talk like the mature person he commands us to be.

The people of Corinth had a reputation as unruly, hard-drinking and sexually promiscuous. Paul spent a year and a half, as their pastor, teaching them the 'good news' and showing them how to live the new life of salvation and holiness as a community of believers. (The Message)

No matter what the past is for each of us, knowing God will change us and we will mature and life will be good.

Nancy