Growing Up

 The older I get, the better I was. This seems to be a prevailing idea especially in men as we get older. One thing that I have noticed is how many guys who talk about the great things they used to do are not doing those things today. They talk about these things like it is current events. But in reality, it is history at best.

In churches there comes a time when we need to reevaluate our standing and current position. Failing to do this might make us victims rather of deceiving ourselves, talking about old times like we are still actively doing what we used to do. We talk about the outreaches we did or the people we witnessed to or the ministries we were once involved in and to me it sounds almost like they are bragging.

There are men who will never get sent out or who are too old to be sent out but that uncertainty of calling still weighs in on their decisions today. There are men who never witness but who talk like they witness all of the time.

You can support the vision of our church without being on the front lines of what we do. Instead, maybe it is time to grow up and to be content to do what we can with the time we have left.

My future is still bright, but not in the same way as when I was a young new convert.