What is it about "teenagehood" that makes it so unbearable at times? The random mood swings, and the need to rebel? Those mountain peaks closely followed by very low valleys. I believe it has to do with reality.
As a kid (0~12) one has been pampered by their parents. There is literally no responsibility, and the world revolves around how one feels. And then around the teenage years something starts to happen. One begins to see glimpses of what it means to be self-sufficent. To have an income and have to pay for expenses. At first this all seems very fun, "Look at all the freedom I have!!" However, this "freedom" doesn't come without a price.
Work becomes boring, school seems to overwhelming, and ones parents won't get them out of doing what has to be done. All of a sudden the social life which seems to be SO important at the time must be put on the back burner.
When looking at this initially, it all seems so boring and wearysome. Where's the fun in providing for ones self and living on ones own? Should this be how we look at the future? Or is there something which is worth looking forward too?
Its as if one is stuck between reality and dream world. That feeling you have when you first wake up in the morning. Here you have just woken up, dream world is slowly slipping away while reality is about to hit you right in the face. You long to go back to dream world but you know that that is impossible. Reality must be met with fervence. It must be met with a readiness, knowing that the promise of once more going back to dream world is only a short time away. The better you deal with reality the better your slumber will be.
And so it is with the Christian life. We must take on the world, trying to further Christs kingdom. All the while remembering the promise of spending eternity with Him. Where He'll wipe away every tear and where everything will be perfect!! So take heart and run the race to win!!
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