All children, except one, grow up. Peter Pan, James Barrie, 1904

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All children, except one, grow up.Peter Pan,
James Barrie, 1904
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1 Corinthians 1311-1211 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.12 For now we see
through a glass, darkly but then face to face
now I know in part but then shall I know even as
also I am known.
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Saying Goodbye to Neverland
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God wants each of us to Mature
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11 It was he who gave some to be apostles, some
to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some
to be pastors and teachers, 12 to prepare
God's people for works of service, so that the
body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all
reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of
the Son of God and become mature, attaining to
the whole measure of the fullness of
Christ. New International Version
Ephesians 411-13
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The Apostle Paul tells us that we should mature
in our Conversation, Emotions, and Reasoning.
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Ephesians 414-15 14 Then we will no longer be
infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and
blown here and there by every wind of teaching
and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their
deceitful scheming. 15 Instead, speaking the
truth in love, we will in all things grow up into
him who is the Head, that is, Christ. New
International Version
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The Many Myths of Maturity
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Myths of Maturity

• The myth that a boy becomes a man when hes old
  enough to have sex
• The myth that a boy must sow wild oats before he
  becomes a man
• The myth that the bigger the boys the more
  expensive the toys
• The myth that boys will always be boys.

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Maturity is Bidding Adieu to Neverland.
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Saints are never giants Who hoped to do God
favors. They are only souls Whose needs took
root In shallow dust, Becoming redwoods
grown From dandelion spores. Calvin Miller in
Symphony in Sand
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