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"The Youth's Advantage"
Alex Maceda
Being young comes with many advantages and disadvantages. People often say to me: “Hey, you’re young, you need to take advantage of that. Use your youth to do things.” “Go travel, meet people, go hike up a mountain, run a marathon, try foods and drinks, learn to play an instrument, learn practical skills or languages and learn hobbies, what do you like and what do you not like.” Whenever someone says this to me, I often get frustrated when I am told this. Because at times, the same people who are telling me to take advantage of my youth, often overlook the disadvantages that come with being young.
It can seem like the “Advantage” that I have as a young person or as someone else who is young, can often feel like a disadvantage due to our circumstances or personalities. The Bible however, has a passage where it shows us why being young gives us certain advantages that we should recognize. There are three particular Advantages that we as youth have that some of our older members wished that they heard about when they were young.
Ecclesiastes 12:1 (NIV)
"Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say,
“I find no pleasure in them.”
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