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Someone else came up with this phrase, but I love it. It’s also a reference to one of my least favorite hymns, because I don’t have a family down here. But when I look at it, I’ve been in the church long enough to be an adult. Unfortunately I spent most of my church childhood away, meaning there was a bit of a gap.
I like it too, and I believe I first encountered it here. To me it indicates that unlike a child I can think and decide for myself. I don’t need to be “taught” everything, I can learn and discover for myself. And it evokes Paul in 1 Cor 13:11 (NRSV): Quote:When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways.
And I don’t think this takes anything away from Christ’s admonition to be childlike.
If memory serves, that is a Hawkgrrl iteration. I’ve loved it from the day I heard it. Like all things balance is a key in there. Old enough to ask questions and discuss. Childlike enough to accept. Including a Faith Crisis.
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