Maturing is not Automatic

It is sad to notice that many people in their 70's are still acting and responding the way they did when they were 17, as though they are stuck in a time warp.

This is what happens when we are not growing in Christ. Whatever flaws we had at 15 years of age are still there and enhanced.

Why are they often enhance? My observation is that when we get older we no longer are as concerned about our appearances as a 15 year old.

A teenager tends to hide a little for the sake of being accepted, but the elderly who have remained infantile do not hide anything anymore, they have no need to impress anyone so they hang it all out there without any expectations.

Proverbs 14:6-8 "…6 A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none, But knowledge is easy to one who has understanding. 7 Leave the presence of a fool, Or you will not discern words of knowledge. 8 The wisdom of the sensible is to understand his way, But the foolishness of fools is deceit.…"

Do we want to be wise and mature as we grow older? The way to do that is to seek Christ, obey His Word, confess our flaws as they are revealed, while continuing to give Him the glory for our progress, without Him, we would remain foolish.