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Page 8A, The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, June 29,2022
Is Growing Up Really That Important?
From The Bible
By Jerry Kingery
Special to the Ledger
Dr. James L. Snyder
After seven decades of
walking on this earth,
I assumed I had heard
and experienced it all.
Then, several days
ago, I had a significant
throwback in time.
I don’t know exactly
what I was doing, but I
was exercising my right
to do some good juve
nile pranking. Nothing
is more exciting than
reaching into my past
for an old-time prank.
There are so many that
I can’t remember which
one it was.
At the end of my
juvenile prank, The
Gracious Mistress of
the Parsonage turned
around, stared at me,
and said very frankly,
“Are you ever going to
grow up?”
When I heard that, I
froze in my tracks. Sud
denly I was not hearing
my wife’s voice but rath
er my mother’s. I have
never been so rattled
before in my life.
When I was young
and got into trouble, my
mother would always
say, “Son, when are you
going to grow up?”
I usually laughed at
her because growing
up was not part of my
agenda at that time.
Looking back over my
life, I wonder if growing
up is that important?
And, what does it mean
to grow up?
With all the trouble
and chaos in our world
today, there is so much
Keijonai Johnson of
Albany, GA, was among
more than 300 Piedmont
University Students
who achieved a GPA of
3.50-3.99 to be named to
the Dean’s List for the
Spring 2022 semester.
Piedmont University
congratulates all Dean’s
List students for their
sadness and so very
little to cure it. Then, I
go to a playground area
and see children run
ning around, laughing,
and having a great time.
Their activity at the
playground has nothing
to do with what’s hap
pening in the world.
Watching them, I get
very envious.
To a certain extent, I
have “grown-up,” what
ever that means. But
thinking about it, does
growing up ever come
to a finish line? Do I
have to live all my life
trying to “grow up?”
We were talking with
a couple the other day,
and the wife said some
thing to the effect that
her father was going
through his second
childhood. So I looked
at her and said quite se
riously, “What’s wrong
with that?” To which
she could not give me a
good answer.
Maybe it’s a good idea
to enter into your Sec
ond Childhood. After
all, you have the expe
rience of going through
your First Childhood so
the Second Childhood
can be entered with a
great deal of expertise.
That sure makes sense
to me.
As I pondered this, I
couldn’t help but ask
myself, “Is there a Third
Childhood?” If there is,
it must be the most fan
tastic time in a person’s
life.
Throughout my First
Childhood, my mother
academic success.
About Piedmont Univer
sity
Piedmont University is
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Southeast. Its 300-acre
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nestled in the foothills
of the North Georgia
mountains.
nagged me about grow
ing up as if it were my
personal responsibility.
Is that not the job of
mothers and fathers?
Thinking
along this
line, I often
wonder what
my mother
had in mind
when she
asked me if
I would ever
grow up.
She never
gave me any
instructions along this
line. She just nagged me
to grow up. I think she
should have given me a
few instructions along
this line, and maybe I
would have grown up
according to her specifi
cations.
When a person grows
up, what does that really
mean? And when does
that take place?
It didn’t matter what
kind of trouble I was
in when I was young;
my mother always had
the same advice about
growing up. During sev
eral of those moments of
trouble, I did not under
stand how growing up
would have anything
to do with the trouble I
was in at the time.
Looking back, I think
my mother told me to
grow up because she
had no other solution
for the trouble I was in.
After all, there’s trouble
of all kinds when you’re
young, and I’m not sure
growing up would ever
make any difference at
all. Sometimes trouble
was worth it. Just don’t
tell my wife.
The thing that con
cerns me is that now I
am officially grown-up,
The Gracious Mistress
of the Parsonage finds
an occasion to ask me
when I will grow up. So
what is she seeing that I
don’t see?
When my mother told
me to grow up, it was
in a completely differ
ent environment. But,
when my wife tells me
to grow up, I’m not
quite sure where I’m at
because I thought I had
already grown up.
As I was think
ing about this, I
couldn’t help but
remember our
friend’s father
who was enter
ing his second
childhood, and
was wondering if
maybe my wife
thinks I’m enter
ing my second child
hood. So how can you
tell if you are entering a
second childhood? Be
cause if I’m going into
a second childhood, I
want to be well prepared
to experience it to the
utmost. I don’t want to
miss a single prank. If
I’m going to my second
childhood, I want people
around me to notice that
I have yet to grow up.
My opinion is that
growing up may not be
the accomplishment that
many people think. Be
fore I was “grown-up,”
I had the time of my life
with no worries what
soever. I sure do miss
those good old days
before I grew up.
Thinking about this
I was reminded of the
spiritual aspect of this
growing up. Peter writes
about it and says, “But
grow in grace, and in
the knowledge of our
Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ. To him be glory
both now and for ever.
Amen” (2 Peter 3:18).
As a Christian my
challenge is not to relive
the past but to grow
daily in such a way as
Christ is glorified in our
experience.
Dr. James L. Snyder
lives in Ocala, FL with
the Gracious Mistress of
the Parsonage. Tele
phone 1-352-216-3025,
e-mail jamessnyder51@
gmail.com, website
www.jamessnydermin-
istries.com.
The Crucifixion
And they bring him
unto the place Gol
gotha, which is, being
interpreted, The place
of a skull. And they
gave him to drink wine
mingled with myrrh: but
he received it not. And
when they had crucified
him, they parted his
garments, casting lots
upon them, what every
man should take. And it
was the third hour, and
they crucified him. And
the superscription of his
accusation was written
over, THE KING OF
THE JEWS. And with
him they crucify two
thieves; the one on his
right hand, and the other
on his left. And the
scripture was fulfilled,
which saith, And he
was numbered with the
transgressors. And they
that passed by railed
on him, wagging their
heads, and saying, Ah,
thou that destroyest the
temple, and buildest it in
three days, Save thyself,
and come down from
the cross. Likewise also
the chief priests mock
ing said among them
selves with the scribes,
He saved others; himself
he cannot save. Let
Christ the King of Israel
descend now from the
cross, that we may see
and believe. And they
that were crucified with
him reviled him.
And when the sixth
hour was come, there
was darkness over the
whole land until the
ninth hour. And at the
ninth hour Jesus cried
with a loud voice,
saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama
sabachthani? which is,
being interpreted, My
God, my God, why hast
thou forsaken me? And
some of them that stood
by, when they heard it,
said, Behold, he calleth
Elias. And one ran and
filled a spunge full of
vinegar, and put it on a
reed, and gave him to
drink, saying, Let alone;
let us see whether Elias
will come to take him
down. And Jesus cried
with a loud voice, and
gave up the ghost. And
the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from
the top to the bottom.
And when the centu
rion, which stood over
against him, saw that he
so cried out, and gave
up the ghost, he said,
Truly this man was the
Son of God. There were
also women looking on
afar off: among whom
was Mary Magdalene,
and Mary the mother
of James the less and
of Joses, and Salome;
(Who also, when he
was in Galilee, followed
him, and ministered
unto him;) and many
other women which
came up with him unto
Jerusalem.
And now when the
even was come, because
it was the preparation,
that is, the day before
the sabbath, Joseph of
Arimathaea, an honour
able counsellor, which
also waited for the
kingdom of God, came,
and went in boldly unto
Pilate, and craved the
body of Jesus. And
Pilate marvelled if he
were already dead: and
calling unto him the
centurion, he asked him
whether he had been
any while dead. And
when he knew it of the
centurion, he gave the
body to Joseph. And
he bought fine linen,
and took him down,
and wrapped him in the
linen, and laid him in
a sepulchre which was
hewn out of a rock, and
rolled a stone unto the
door of the sepulchre.
And Mary Magdalene
and Mary the mother of
Joses beheld where he
was laid.
from Mark 15
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James L.
Snyder
Lee County
Church Of Christ
Eddie Garcia, Minister
Bible Study 9:30 AM
Worship..10:30 AM & 6:00 PM
Smithville Baptist
Lance Fendley, Pastor
Sunday School ...10:00 AM
Worship... 11 AM & 7 PM
Philema Road Baptist
Sunday School 9:45 AM
Morning Worship 11:00 AM
Evening Worship ..6:00 PM
Alpha Baptist
Les Reed, Pastor
Sunday School 9:45 AM
Morning Worship 11:00 AM
1st Sunday of the Month
Evening Worship ..6:00 PM
Antioch Baptist Church
Rev. Lem Wright
1st and 3rd Sunday
Sunday School 9:00 AM
4th Sunday
Worship Service. 10:00 AM
Friendship Baptist
Church of Lee County
Mark Spraggins, Pastor
Sunday School 9:45 AM
Morning Service.. 11:00 AM
Phillip Grove Baptist
Pastor Jenkins
Sunday School ...10:00 AM
1 st & 3rd Sunday 11:00 AM
Mt. Pleasant Baptist
Pastor E B Washington
Sunday School 8:00 AM
Worship Service ...,9:15AM
Albany Bible Church
Pastor Pete Daughtry,
Sun. Bible Class...9:30 & 11:00
Christ’s Sanctified
Holy Church
Rev. Gary Collier
Sunday School ...10:00 AM
Worship Service.. 11:00AM
Life Church
Pastor Matthew
Schluckebier
Sunday School 9:15 AM
Worship Service.. 10:30 AM
Westview Baptist Church
Rev. Grady Morey
Sunday School....9:45 AM
Worship Service...11:00 AM
Evening Worship...5:00 PM
Attend The House of Worship of Your Choice This Sunday
Kinchafoonee Baptist
Rev. Melvin Slappy
Sunday School 9:45 AM
Morning Worship 11:00 AM
Evening Worship ..7:00 PM
Smithville United
Methodist
Rev. Henry Lee Young
Worship 9:30 AM
Sunday School ...10:45 AM
Palmyra Baptist
J. D. Bolden
Sunday School ...10:00 AM
Morning Worship 12:00 PM
Bible Study (1st Sun) .5:00 PM
Eve. Wor. (1 st Sun)7:00 PM
McAfee Grove
Missionary Baptist
Minister Robert Lewis
Morgan
First & Third Sundays
Sunday School ...10:00 AM
Worship 11:00 AM
Second & Fourth Sundays
Sunday School 8:00 AM
Worship 9:00 AM
Macadonia Baptist Church
Sunday School ...10:30 AM
First Sunday
Morning Worship 11:45 AM
Third Sunday
Evening Worship .6:00 PM
Jordan Grove Baptist
Rev. Rod Hubbard
Sunday School 9:45 AM
Worship Service. 11:00 AM
The Pointe
Carl Barnhardt
Sunday Worship...9:00 am
Children’s Ministry
(Infants - 3 yr old)
Sunday Worship...10:30 am
Children’s Ministry
(Infants - 5th grade)
Leesburg Church
Of Christ
Bro. Howard Bouldin
Sunday School 9:30 AM
Morning Worship 10:45 PM
Evening Worship .5:00 PM
Greater Zion Hope
Apostle Henry L Hosley
Every 1st, 4th, 5th Sunday
Sunday School...8:00 a.m.
Sunday Worship..9:00 a.m.
Albany Community
Seventh-day
Adventist Church
Pastor Steve Rose
Saturdays
Bible Study 9:30 AM
Worship 10:40 AM
Unity Church of Christianity
Rev. Joanna Gabriel
Morning Worship ...,11:00 AM
New Hope AME
Rev. E.X. King
Every 1st and third Sunday
Sunday School 10:00 AM
Sunday Worship 11:00 AM
House Of God
Saints In Christ
Elder A.F. Caldwell, Pastor
Sunday School 10:30 AM
1st, 2nd, & 4th Sundays
Morning Worship ...,11:45 AM
2nd & 4th Sunday
Evening Service 6:30 PM
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The Church at
the Groves
Worship 9:30 AM
Worship 11:00 AM
Wooden Grove Baptist
Joe Jones, Pastor
1st, 3rd, & 5th Sunday
Sunday School ...,9:45 AM
Worship 11:00 AM
2nd & 4th Sunday
Sunday School 7:45 AM
Worship 9:00 AM
Lifegate Church
Sunday Service... 10:00 AM
Thundering Springs
Baptist Church
Sunday School 9.45 AM
Morning Worship 11:00 AM
Evening Worship .6:00 PM
Leesburg United
Methodist Church
Pastor Lee Smith
Worship 8:30 AM
Sunday School ...,9:30 AM
Worship 10:30 AM
Green Grove Baptist
Smithville, GA
Rev. H. Waters
Sunday School ..11:00 AM
Every First Sunday
Morning Worship 11:45 AM
Kingdom Vision
Christian Center
Rev. Earl S. Harrison,
Pastor
Sunday School ...10:00 AM
Sunday Worship .11:15 AM
Heritage Full
Gospel Church
Hickory Grove Road
Sunday School 9:45 AM
Sunday Service.... 10:45 AM
Sunday Evening.. 6:00 PM
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Leesburg First Baptist
Sunday School 9:00 AM
Worship 10:15 AM
Evening Worship ..6:00 PM
Greater United Pleasant
Green Baptist Church
Rev. Andrew E.
McDowell, Jr.
Sunday School 9:45 AM
Worship 11:15AM
Flint Reformed
Baptist Church
Joshua DeLong, Pastor
Worship 10 AM
Evening Worship 5 PM
Amazing Grace
Baptist Church
Dr. Johnny Nixon
Sunday School 9:45 AM
Morning Worship..10:45AM
Evening Worship...6:00 PM
Mt. Hope Baptist Church
Services 1st Sunday
Church 8:00 AM
Sunday School 9:00 AM
Piney Grove #3
Charles Carr, Pastor
Sunday School... 10:00 AM
2nd and 4th Sunday
Worship 11:00 Noon
Emmanuel Community
Baptist Church
Al Bryant, Pastor
Sunday School ..10:00 AM
Morning Worship 11:00 AM
Shady Grove
Baptist Church
Ferlin Tyson, Pastor
Belinda Tyson - First Lady
1st and 2nd Sunday
Worship Service . 11:00 AM
Every Sunday
Sunday School ..10:00 AM
St. Matthew Missionary
Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. H. C. Wilson,
Pastor
Sunday School... 10:00 AM
2nd. Sun. Worship..11:00 AM
4th Sunday 7:00 PM
Church Family of
Prayer Ministry
Pastor Norbert Ingram
Sunday. 11:00
New Hope Baptist
Church
Jonathan LaBarge Pastor
Sunday School 10 am
Service 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.