Maturity

As I've grown through college and become complacent with my status as an aging senior on campus, I suppose it is easy to say: "I've matured." However, with maturity comes many risks and problems that soon become apparent.

Maturity is only a hop away from pride, a skip away from missed priorities, and a jump away from the inevitable fall that follows.

I used to pride myself on the ability to get everything done, having not relied on anyone. That sense of independence was my drug, my delusion of grandeur, or as Elizabeth pointed out, my sludge. To be honest, it sure tasted pretty good when I was blind to what Jesus was offering.

We often talk about how we'd love to go back to high school, since all our classes were easy, things were very lax, and we could just hang out with people all the time. I am a huge proponent of letting my grades take a backseat (my grades are fine, thanks for asking) to spending time with friends and fellowship (IM Sports, sound familiar?).

The principle of this yearning to go back to a time when we were younger makes sense; we're just wanting it for the wrong reason. By saying this, we're still valuing our grades, our own free time more than the Father. I propose that we want to go back to a time when we were younger simply because being a child was amazing with an even more amazing Father. Who wouldn't want to be a child of God?

God bless Elizabeth for coming in to speak to us, and for us to take it in our hearts, and put her message to practice.