Rite of Passage

Sometimes a life-changing event comes along and because of a unique set of circumstances you find yourself in a position where you need to take on some responsibility.  This is the sort of thing you may not see coming, the sort of responsibilities you do not expect to have so soon.  But you step up and take them on nonetheless.

This is a rite of passage.  It is not pre-planned.  As a matter of fact, in some cases it would have seemed improbable just moments earlier.  But this is the sort of thing that builds character and perhaps some confidence as well.  It allows someone to believe in oneself.  It makes a boy into a man.  Sometimes you just have to take a leap of faith without calling upon previous experience.

Matthew 28: 16-20