Man, everything keeps changing so fast. People are growing up, at the same time, many people are showing more signs than ever before that they aren't. When are you grown up? Is it when you're like, twenty? When you're thirty? When you get your first grey or blue hair? Maybe when you have none at all? How about when you stop saying "lol" or "brb" in everyday conversation because you no longer spend more than half of your free time on the internet? Are we really ever going to be "all grown up"? I don't know for sure if anyone on earth can seriously make that claim... I know for sure that I can't. Then why do we seek it so much? If it's something we can never really attain, then why do we seem to spend our whole lives trying to get there. Is it to be simply as mature as we possibly can be? That makes me question our whole motive in general about why we would ever even want to be "grown up" in the first place. Isn't it more fun to simply stay imature.. or at some point where we are comfortable? Ah, comfort... possibly the biggest enemy to real growth. But that's a whole other topic.. Right now I'm sticking to the title topic. Why do we seek, or better yet are told to seek the idea of being grown up? Can anyVne give me an answere? I can tell you for sure that it's not fun. It seems like it's almost a competition among Christians... Who's the most mature in their faith? Who should we praise? Who is "doing the best"? That doesn't sound like Jesus to me. Is it for our own good that we grow up? Does it help us? Does it make us better people if we are growing? Does growing up help us through life, or does it just help us to understand life more. I think it does both. But what if someone really feels grown up enough and isn't interested in growing anymore? What if they don't want to know anymore about the world? They just don't care anymore about helping theirselves? Should they just stop growing all together, or untill they want to or need to understand more? Well, lets look at it another way. It's good for me to ask this question to you who are reading this, but to stop there... would be imature and do no good. Which leads us to the real meaning behind growing and maturity, and why we should seek wisdom in the first place. It's not for our own good, it's for those around us. If you feel like you already know enough to make it through this life, then maybe you do... but what if God gives you the oppurtunity to help someone who needs something, something that you have never really sought out yourself? What if you can not help someone who really needs your help? Think someone else will do the job? What if nobody does? What if everyone just thinks of themselves when it comes to this question? I can tell you from my experience that usually when you think someone else will do something, nobody does. Because God isn't doing his job by getting someone else? No, because we aren't doing ours. When will we realize that there are consequences for our actions? Not just those that affect us, but everyone around us. Why do people get shot? Because someone pulled a trigger, the bullet left and hit the person. That is a consequence from one persons action, that affected someone else. God can work everything(including our foolish mistakes) together for good, but why don't we search for the best, and not just "good." Maybe we are willing to accept the good for our own lives, but reality is that it affects others when we make descisions regarding our own lives. Seeking Gods best for our own life means making everyone else's better. It's up to them how much better. So we grow not for ourself, but for those the Father has us interact with, particularly those we are supposed to help. We can be selfish and demand that God do all of the work Himself, but there are consequences. What are you going to tell God when you stand before Him?Grow, mature, seek Wisdom....not for yourself, but for others.-James'
Hmmm.... I've been gone for a while I guess. Thing have just been crazy and I haven't had time. I'm getting a new E-mail cause my host shut down, and I can't remember my MySpace password either because it's been so long since I've been on. That's lame. Oh well, I'll be back on regularly sooner or later.Later'-James'
