It's an odd thing...getting older. leaving childish toys and literature to be a part of your past. It's an odd thing to think that once you could be entertained with dolls and toy cars. Now, while maturing, you find yourself being entertained by going to the movies with friends, playing sports and your days are filled with school.
Work that was once the abc's is now the Illiad. Your thoughts are deeper and your actions have more resposibility behind them then they used to. An apology can't always clean the damage you have inflicted on the people you are close to anymore or as simply as it had in your young past. Your innocent, meaningless crushes have a different reality to them now.
Responsibility is the main thing you must have as you mature into an adult. the change that takes place is quick. surprisingly quick. It seems that one moment you are 13 and the next you are 18, entering your adult life. Responsibity. How does that look? is that different than the responsibility that your parents taught you to have with your puppy or your dirty laundry? In a lot of ways, yes. But in some ways no. It's the idea of responsibility that has not changed. that will never change, no matter your age. But the ways in which we must be responsible. that is what changes. Our school work. How drastically different is our 3rd grade homework versus our college mid terms. Our study habits have become our own. We no longer need our parents to make us do our homework. we do it on our own. Our friendships. responsibility. we are responsible now to treat our friends well. not because if we dont our parents or teachers will force us to make amends. But because we understand the blessing of a friend. we understand that, as God's people, we are to treat people we know with kindness and love.
Our relationships have changed with boys. Those boys who we used to play with during recess are now some of our best friends. And resposibility comes with how we like a guy. How do we begin a relationship with a guy? Responsibility. We must understand why and how we are to date as a follower of Christ. In seventh grade, the only thing that mattered was if the guy you liked smiled at you or flirted with you.
Growing up changes everything. It changes your view on life. The blessing that God has given you. Those people who are in your life have a purpose. You realize this as you grow older. You begin to understand that friends are not just there to have play dates with but to help you when times are hard or to celebrate when times are good. To pray for and with. To be there for. To learn from. To teach. Growing up is an exciting thing.
As I grow up, i feel these changes. I notice that everything that i have been given is a blessing. I thank God for my life and those in it. There are times, though, that i am afraid. Can I be an adult? Am I a strong enough person to deal with the struggles of adulthood? But, then I am reminded that I am not growing up on my own. Not only do I have these friends and family around me, protecting me, but I have My creator watching out for me. And when I begin to tremble with thoughts of my future, of growing up and leaving my young self behind, God stills me like he stills the storm. He has my life planned out and it is my job to trust him. I have been blessed to grow up. And I and prepared to continue to grow up, even when i am scared.
Work that was once the abc's is now the Illiad. Your thoughts are deeper and your actions have more resposibility behind them then they used to. An apology can't always clean the damage you have inflicted on the people you are close to anymore or as simply as it had in your young past. Your innocent, meaningless crushes have a different reality to them now.
Responsibility is the main thing you must have as you mature into an adult. the change that takes place is quick. surprisingly quick. It seems that one moment you are 13 and the next you are 18, entering your adult life. Responsibity. How does that look? is that different than the responsibility that your parents taught you to have with your puppy or your dirty laundry? In a lot of ways, yes. But in some ways no. It's the idea of responsibility that has not changed. that will never change, no matter your age. But the ways in which we must be responsible. that is what changes. Our school work. How drastically different is our 3rd grade homework versus our college mid terms. Our study habits have become our own. We no longer need our parents to make us do our homework. we do it on our own. Our friendships. responsibility. we are responsible now to treat our friends well. not because if we dont our parents or teachers will force us to make amends. But because we understand the blessing of a friend. we understand that, as God's people, we are to treat people we know with kindness and love.
Our relationships have changed with boys. Those boys who we used to play with during recess are now some of our best friends. And resposibility comes with how we like a guy. How do we begin a relationship with a guy? Responsibility. We must understand why and how we are to date as a follower of Christ. In seventh grade, the only thing that mattered was if the guy you liked smiled at you or flirted with you.
Growing up changes everything. It changes your view on life. The blessing that God has given you. Those people who are in your life have a purpose. You realize this as you grow older. You begin to understand that friends are not just there to have play dates with but to help you when times are hard or to celebrate when times are good. To pray for and with. To be there for. To learn from. To teach. Growing up is an exciting thing.
As I grow up, i feel these changes. I notice that everything that i have been given is a blessing. I thank God for my life and those in it. There are times, though, that i am afraid. Can I be an adult? Am I a strong enough person to deal with the struggles of adulthood? But, then I am reminded that I am not growing up on my own. Not only do I have these friends and family around me, protecting me, but I have My creator watching out for me. And when I begin to tremble with thoughts of my future, of growing up and leaving my young self behind, God stills me like he stills the storm. He has my life planned out and it is my job to trust him. I have been blessed to grow up. And I and prepared to continue to grow up, even when i am scared.
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