Transitioning to Manhood

Childhood is your preparation for transitioning into manhood.

One of the greatest challenges in manhood is no longer interacting with the world as a child, but as a man. Your goal is to make this as smooth as possible. Unfortunately there is always an area of your life that breaks you into manhood. A smooth transition is ideal. But, There is a price to pay to be a man. There’s a cost. It requires hard work, focus, determination and persistence like no other. It is one of the most naturally painful process, and beautiful in every way.

You can’t run away from it. It will hunt you down, because you were created for it. You were designed to be a man, a God type man. It is our destiny. We do have the choice of how we want that to play out. You can embrace it and flourish or elude and be humbled. Either way you will experience the journey called manhood.

“When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.”- 1 Corinthians 13:11 (NKJV)

“When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; now that I have become a man, I am done with childish ways and have put them aside.”- 1 Corinthians 13:11 (AMP)

“I put the ways of childhood behind me”- 1 Corinthians 13:11 (NIV)

It is time to hang up the title of childhood. It is time to build a new way of thinking. It is time to develop new actions that represent responsible excellence.

How do you view yourself compared to other adults? Adults older than you?

How do you view education, work, money, women, children, house, cars, family, parents, siblings, religion, politics, etc. now as an adult than when you were a child? 

The eyes of a child are innocent. Everything about a child is innocent. Then experiences start to mold and shape that child into an adult whose perspectives have changed and preferences has formed and beliefs developed.

You’ve made your mark as a boy. Now how do you make your mark as a man? The rules are different the land is abstract. Everything you knew and understood as a child will be challenged and reshaped as a man. Knowledge and wisdom have before a familiar friend. They need to be, in order to survive and navigate this abstract shift to the world of manhood.

"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect."- Romans 12:2 (ESV)

Duane