Maturity vs Immaturity

19^th February 2013. I am very much disappointed today. Do not ask me the reason, why? I am still confused on what makes a person “a mature Christian.” In fact I never wanted to be called a mature Christian from peoples’ eye. Why should I seek favor from people?  I was contemplating over this and again, something which I am struggling with. 

Let us not interpret it in biblically. It would be better if I pour some of my thoughts on my blog. Hopefully, no one would raise question on this again.  As I was pondering on my writing work which is very much soft-headed, feeble-minded and not in the standard as professional people do. I am not very much bothered about this.  I am what I am anyway. Why shall I put extra flavor to disguise myself? I discovered few things what people in the world think about maturity. Maturity is very much linked with the following parameters. 

1) Person should be older than 40.

2) He or she should be in high post.

3) He or she should have at least doctoral degree.

 4) He or she should a high-flyer. 

I tried to digest the above mentioned parameters but struggled a lot in getting through it. I am not bothered about my immaturity just because I said something FACTUAL matters in public. That’s fine. But what surprises me is that even to that group of people whom I had counted as my motivators think that my steps were not really mature and it’s just a blunt. Please do not ask me what I have done to entitle such a post-IMMATURITY. But this is what I did- I critically forwarded something which people think that I should have done it in private.  My conscious would never allow me to do so. Well, I had to write SORRY. I did. Even my inner heart does not permit me to do.

At last let us see what James has to say to us on his epistle.

My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in, and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, “You sit here in a good place,” while you say to the poor man, “You stand over there,” or, “Sit down at my feet,” have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him? ... James 2:1-26.