Three granddaughters.
Granddaughter #2 - all grown up.
One of my granddaughters, Hope, who is now 21, has recently moved out of her parent’s home and in with a
boyfriend. She got a job at a spa that gives waxes, manicures and pedicures.
The people she works with are nice and her boss is great.
A few times
she has said to me, “Grandma, this being an adult is really hard.” She and her boyfriend are cooking, cleaning,
paying bills, saving money, doing all the shopping. All the things grown-ups
have to do.
The other
day she came over to visit and said, “Grandma, being an adult is really
different. I get bored now. Bored! All the years I went to school I was never
bored! I was always learning something new.”
I said, “Yes, some jobs can be boring.”
Then
she said, “And the weekends are crazy! I have all these errands to run. I never
get any rest. I’m so pooped. No wonder Mom was always tired!”
Yes, no
wonder our mothers got tired! I remember when I was married and our daughter
was 2 years old. I called my mother and told her I was sorry for being such a
brat when I was a teenager. By raising my own daughter, I realized how much I
loved her and how my mom must have loved me. No wonder my mom told me, “No,”
when I wanted to do some things. It was love! I certainly didn’t see it that
way at the time.
Paul talks about growing up as a Christian, “We have much
to say about this, but it is hard to make it clear to you because you no
longer try to understand.
"In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you
need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word
all over again. You need milk, not solid food!"
"Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not
acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use
have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.”
Hebrews 5:11-14
Paul is saying that these Christians were not trying to
know God better or understand him more. They were not reading the Scriptures
enough, if they were at all.
Continual study of the Bible will make us grow up
into Christ. Just as we need food every day, we need to study the Word of God
every day in order to grow as a Christian.
Through continual practice, Hope will get used to being an adult too. Lol
