Christian Maturity

Spit wads, fart noises, wet willies, and the like is the kind of humor where a little goes a long way.  Adolescent behavior is tiring enough when it comes out of an adolescent.  It gets really hard to take when it comes from someone who should know better.

 There are stages of Christian maturity as well.  We start out as enthusiastic young Christians and gradually mature and grow.  In spiritual matters like in all areas, some people just never grow up. In this area it's hard to say what growing up looks like.  It really depends on where your walk started. I would say that we expect that as a Christian matures. the fruit of the spirit will be more evident in their life.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.Against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23

How we speak is one area where we show our Christian maturity.  Gossiping is the equivalent of shooting spiritual spit wads.

Words have power.  How we use that power says a lot about us.  Do we use the power to lift people up or put people down.  That is what really matters.