Jennifer Anderson 
I Put Away 

On June 1, 2019, my grandmother, Christine Helen Wallace, went to be with the Lord. This life-changing experience led me on a journey resulting in a shift from operating under a childlike system to an adult one. This journey occurs over a three-week period where God gives me an opportunity to change how I spoke, how I understood, and I how I thought. After the passing of my grandmother, I realized I could no longer continue to operate under my childlike system. It was time for me to grow up and be the daughter that God intended me to be! God gave me this opportunity by opening the door for me to take a three-week leave of absence from work. After my grandmother’s funeral, the journey began.

This journey involved changing my operating system, which led to the development of I Put Away. I Put Away comes from the biblical scripture, 1 Corinthians 13:11 (KJV), that says “When I was a child, I [spoke] as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became an [adult], I put away childish things.” I Put Away is about me moving from a childlike system of speaking, understanding, and thinking to an adult one.

I am an adult; however, I was using my childlike SUT (speaking, understanding, thinking) system. No, I was not having temper-tantrums, but my speech was incoherent at times; my understanding was not logical, sensible, or rational; and my thinking was muddled, unclear, and confused! Yes, I was a bit of a mess, “But God!” God began to take me through a transitioning process where I move into this adult system—a system where I am able to speak, understand, and think clearly. I will not discard my child SUT system because it is what made me who I am today. I will just keep it in my back pocket. However, operating under my adult SUT system is what is making me a better me.

I invite you into my transitioning journey of I Put Away. You never know, my testimony may make you a better you!