Assuming responsibilities

Assuming responsibilities to grow, without fearing maturity

Many young people are afraid to grow up, because they have to take responsibility.

Some, because they depend on their parents, don´t want to pay for their actions. Others have responsibilities, but aren’t mature enough to develop them.

The fact that you have responsibilities doesn’t mean you’re responsible, what will show whether you are or not is the way you deal with what was entrusted to you. If you develop it, put all your strength into it, do your best, you will show that you’re worthy of greater things.

I can only be, and have, all of that when my confidence is truely in God. My relationship with God is what makes me mature, able to manage all that is been entrusted to me, without imbalance and without investing more in some things than in others. This way, I can become a reference of God in this world.

I’m writing about this because, there was a time in my life that I did’nt want to grow up. I was too childish mostly because of a complicated upbringing. I didn’t have a childhood, so I thought I had to enjoy the beginning of my marriage and live out what I had previously lost. It was very hard to accept the fact that I had to mature. I had responsibilities but I wasn’t responsible, neither as a woman in taking care of the house, nor as wife.

This got me frustrated. I would see others developing and growing, assuming their respective roles as I slowly fell behind.

That’s when I revolted! I refused to continue being that way. It hurt…alot, because I was used to living that way. I would do everything the same way everyday, my own way, and the results, of course, were always the same too!

I knew I had to take the responsibility to grow and develop, so I put my intelligent faith in action: I sought God with all my strength, like never before, because I knew I could not do it alone…

The tears flowed…the desire to “throw it all away” and give up came all too often, but the more they came, the more I clung to God. He was the One giving me the strength and wisdom to overcome my challenges and limitations.

Today, I’m up for whatever is considered a true challenge!

Is it easy? No! Am I superwoman? No! Am I ever scared? Yes! But I’m no coward, because I know now that if I don’t face it, I’ll get left behind and get frustrated because I’ll know that I could’ve done it if I had at least tried. I’ll know that I could’ve taken a leap of faith but I was too “soft” to do it. I was too scared of feeling the pain, so preferred to stay in my confort zone. God can’t count on me like that, He doesn’t count on those who are complacent.

So you didn’t do what you had to do? Ops, too late!! God chose to count on someone else who said: “Here I am!” Why? Because God’s Work doesn’t stop nor wait for anyone.

Kisses!

Ruth Lima

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