Children as we know are loving, kind & soft hearted, forgiving, they quickly forget offenses, easily pleased and believes almost all things that they are told.
All these are part of their behavior which the grown-ups should emulate and in as much as this is how their mind operates, we should not on the other hand misbehave like them.
They sometimes can be naughty, so impatient because they lack the capacity to
understand situations unlike adults and in most case act ignorantly.
1 Corinthians 13: 11 "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"(KJV)
Its not just about the "childish things", its all about identifying those action that can be classified as childish.
A child have to be controlled because they know no boundary, they see every accessable place as somewhere they should access. On the other hand, as we grow out of childhood, we first learn the act of self control and furthermore develop the capacity to identify boundaries, knowing that not every accessable place should be accessed.
For example
A child, at the glace would want to touch the burning fire because the brightness attracts them unlike an adult who would rather make use of the brightness the fire brings, than trying to tourch the burning fire.
The child would do that because they lack accurate information and prior experience and so if as aldults we place our self in that position of a child in this situation, what will be our excuse be?
Another major thing we should also note is that Children don't set pace, they copy what they see adults do.
In conclusion,
we know good from bad, at least we can deffrenciate. Let's not wait for supervision but instead, live like a matured aldult who sees him/her self as a role model and a leader.
Let not foolishness and childishness be found in us.
Proverbs 22: 15 says "foolishness is bound in the heart of a child;but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him."(KJV)
by Joy Ndidi
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