S2E03 - A Proverb on MATURITY - "Bí ọmọdé bá ńṣe ọmọdé, àgbà a máa ṣe àgbà"

PROVERB CONSIDERED: "Bí ọmọdé bá ńṣe ọmọdé, àgbà a máa ṣe àgbà." INTERPRETATION: "When a child is being a child, an elder must remain an elder." MEANING: One should not permit other people’s immature behaviour to deflect one from the proper course of acting maturely. REFLECTION: The idea being put forward is that people do act according to varying levels of maturity. However, a truly wise person will not bring himself or herself low to the level of acting immaturely in reaction to someone else's immaturity. The English idiomatic equivalents can be such phrases like "That's beneath me"; "I will choose to be the adult"; or when someone says, "I will not dignify this question with an answer" (used when it is being implied that the said question is foolish or immature). As believers, the proverb should remind us that we have the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16) and, therefore, must always filter our actions and reactions through the sieve of WWJD (What Would Jesus Do?). We must not allow the foolish or sinful behaviours of others to cause us to act foolishly or respond sinfully. May God help us. BIBLICAL REFERENCES 1 Corinthians 2:16b NIV - "we have the mind of Christ." 1 Corinthians 13:11 NIV - "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." LINKS TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE ✥ Spotify — https://open.spotify.com/episode/30uEi9sBDoWpcdDZ3FxLXT ✥ My Website — https://www.josephkolawole.org/omoluabi/ ✥ Other Platforms — https://pod.link/1550735589 FOR MORE RESOURCES FROM JOSEPH & ANU OLA https://linktr.ee/josephola https://josephola.disha.page/