The Best and Worst of Being a Grown-up?

[NannyB.]

What is the best thing about being a grown up?  What is the worst?  My goodness, I'm not old enough to answer that question just yet.  I turned 63 in July, and I am still a child at heart.  I've had a blessed life which has flowed from year to year, and I've had so much fun that if I at some point became a grown-up, I missed the event.  There are seasons of life, of course, but I've been a carefree child through every one of them.  I think it's because early in my life I learned that I am an eternal being and I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal savior and as the Lord of my life.  My body has certainly aged, but my spirit has remained young and vibrant.  Every day is a gift to be enjoyed, and even when troubles and trials come my way, I rest in the assurance that my Lord and Savior will take care of me and all that concerns me.  That knowledge grows sweeter with each passing year, and instead of becoming more adult, I actually become more child-like in that my trust in Him becomes greater.  It's not an easy life that we live in this world.  There are pains, sorrows, and difficulties, but we can endure them all with a child-like faith in the God who created us and has it all under His control.  The joy of being His child is that one never has to grow up, except that we can grow up into the full stature of the nature of Christ.  What a blessing and what a joy!!!  Thank you, Father God, for the wonderful provision of a lifetime of childhood!