Forever Young

When you are a child, adults seem ancient and regal - everything is figured out.

When you are a teenager, adults seem stupid and don't know anything about everything. And yet you still need them and depend on them for a lot, because they have everything figured out.

And when that grand moment of adulthood comes, you realize how much of a child you still feel, and as more time passes - you still feel just the same. Sure, your independence grows and you handle things more maturely - but really does anyone ever feel like a grown up?

The bible says that in order to get into the kingdom of heaven, we must have faith like little children. (Matthew 18:1-4)

Sometimes I wonder if the reason we never really will feel "grown up" is because God wants us to be childlike for Him. Though we get jobs, pay bills, have children ourselves - there is still a part of us that always feels so small - and if we allow Him too, he naturally brings that comfort to us like an unconditional loving parent.

Just my little thought today as I am in my 20s, and feel both desperately old and impossibly young.