Should I call this person out for being a jerk, or do I just keep quiet?
Do I continue to argue or do I let them win?
Should I say this pointless joke, or should I be serious?
I went camping with some friends, and I did a devotional about maturity. I talked about the verse in Timothy where it says not to let anyone look down on you because of your age, and how we shouldn’t give people the opportunity to look down on us. It was cool talking to my friends about stuff like that…but my epiphany has grown…
Maturity is all about the decisions we make. That’s what separates us from the animals, is the choice, versus the drive. Do we choose this or that? And most decisions are not life-changing, maturity driven choices. But we do have those opportunities where we choose maturely or immaturely. And I still don’t have a full grasp on what maturity is…it certainly is not growing up. But making the mature decision is something I’ve been pursuing.
To define mature: something I would not normally think about..it’s not on my mind 24/7. same with God. I think you need to be thinking about both in order to see the opportunities presented. Pray for those opportunities, and genuinely seek them, and God gives them to us. Do I buy something for myself now, or save money for later? There are so many decisions I will have to make, still haven’t made, this next year, and I want to choose the mature ones. Not to be grown up, or sound smart, or be serious, but so people will not have the opportunity to look down on me because of my age.
Pray for me.
