I'm sure you saw the title and wondered, "What in the world is a poppilop?" I'll tell you. Apparently, when I was a toddler I couldn't say "lollipop." Instead I committed a mild spoonerism and swapped the p and l sounds. It's cute, right? Just the little silliness of youth and immaturity. Rest assured, I say "lollipop" now.
When my father told me about my misadventures in speech and pronunciation, it made me think of 1 Corinthians 13:11 almost immediately: "When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought like a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things."
Paul was talking about growing up and not just growing older. And with that scripture in my mind, though my dad was telling me a story that I should have found amusing, I was being introspective. Have I grown older without growing up?
That is a sobering question. How many of us have grown older as Christians without growing up? How many of us still need spiritual milk because we are not yet developed enough to handle real spiritual food?
There are just a few more days in Lent and the Holy Spirit is still holding up the holy mirror of the Word of God and showing me who I am. My sincere prayer is that we all would look into that holy mirror and examine our speech and conduct to see if we are still saying "poppilop."
When my father told me about my misadventures in speech and pronunciation, it made me think of 1 Corinthians 13:11 almost immediately: "When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought like a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things."
Paul was talking about growing up and not just growing older. And with that scripture in my mind, though my dad was telling me a story that I should have found amusing, I was being introspective. Have I grown older without growing up?
That is a sobering question. How many of us have grown older as Christians without growing up? How many of us still need spiritual milk because we are not yet developed enough to handle real spiritual food?
There are just a few more days in Lent and the Holy Spirit is still holding up the holy mirror of the Word of God and showing me who I am. My sincere prayer is that we all would look into that holy mirror and examine our speech and conduct to see if we are still saying "poppilop."
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