Grown-up Pizza

Aug 4, 2021
3 min read

I have seen the sides of secular and Christian adulthood. They are different....but only by the separation between faith in God and disbelief in Him. Where water and oil meet but never mix, and when trying it is a strange slippery slope. Adulthood has been a unique and wonderful Blessing. Then, there are those darker moments where it reminds me of my high school years that I love to forget:

Girls hating one another over boys. Boys leading girls on. Gossip. Betrayal. Hurts galore. Only this time we are in our 30's and middle ages dabbling in this strange time freeze, while trying to appear civilized. That was one of my biggest nightmares as a teen. I remember being 17 saying to an adult that I did not want to be like them when I grew up. At 36 I still say the same thing. My nightmare was that I would see any part of teenage negativity in my adult years.

I think a lot of kids cannot wait to become mature because they think there is a significant change in those foul and petty areas, as they become "grown-ups." I do believe these parts of maturity are unnecessary to encounter, and do not have to be encountered....for the most part. However, I burst bubbles. I do not like to sugar coat. Whenever I have the opportunity I let these young people know that they need to be wise and careful as the enter into adulthood. There are wolves lying wait for their freedom. Also to be careful that they do not become those wolves.

If I can look back and honestly answer the question, if whether or not being an adult is different than my teenage years, I would say the experience changes from one stage to the next. You meet many beautiful people. You have more opportunity to learn more of the things you want to learn. Howbeit, people as a whole, are relatively the same; in need of being saved, of improvement and growth. Humans are flawed and some extremely so. As a teen and as an adult, we cannot go a moment without guarding our hearts.

Enemies are not the only ones that betray. Most of the time, an enemy was someone you loved, were close to and respected, that, through trials and tribulations their places in your life were well established. Not every friend is anchored in the billowing waves in your life, and like a boat that is not moored, will float away in the midst of storms even stillness of waters. This is teenage years and adult life. Many things are different yet the same.

We just age.

With age, things tend to hurt more as begin to view time as a commodity. On the same hand, because of our focus on time, we cherish our very few and loyal connections, if we may have them. Having many people around does not matter as much as those few that care for your heart and well-being. I am sure my outlook may change in bits and pieces as I continue to age. These are the genuine differences of being an adult versus being a teenager. In my own opinion and to answer the question.

This world has so much loveliness to it, yet so much ugliness.

I have loved my adult years more than my youth. Regardless of the heaviness that I have endured. Once freedom was no longer overwhelming, I was enabled to make my own choices and choose to be better in life, in areas that were predetermined for me. The good that God places in my life, has always shined a bright light that blinds the dark days.

This moment, my faith, my womanhood, my desires and calling, are so great and are so full and running over with Blessing. It took me making it through infancy, childhood, teen years, young adult years, to my final young adult years, to be in this place where I am genuinely content with everything the Lord created in me and every experience, to share.

Being an adult is not so bad. It is just one extra large supreme pizza with several toppings on it