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“When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭13:11‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭13:11‬ ‭KJV‬‬

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[–] • 2 pts

I think of this often whenever I look about myself. If I'm reading about the football I think to myself 'why excitement, it is only a childs game'. Or when I experience indignation at my own situation or the situations of people I read about, becoming upset or petulant.

It has been said that we remain children growing older, and although there is utility in perceiving things afresh from time to time, if a person continues to view the world through that lense, the eyes of a child, then they will be afraid to act like a man, because they perceive giants around them.

I could also say that a child observes and an adult takes action, an example could be if you're a gamer; the difference between a child playing the game and an adult moving on to making / modding the game. The putting away of childish things can (should?) be accompanied by the taking up of other things.

[–] • 1 pt

Yeah absolutely. As we mature and grow, our minds must develop as well; lest we end up old aged children.

Children do what they’re told, and/or do what they want. Men do what is right.

[–] • 1 pt

Yes, I read once that children do what they want to do before they do what they have to do, but in adulthood you must do what you have to do before you can do what you want to do.