JumpStart - Manhood

2020-08-05

Of the four images in this series by Thomas Cole, my favorite is the third: Manhood. Possibly, it’s because this is the stage in which I now find myself so it’s the one I relate to. More likely it’s because this is the one painting in the series where all the action takes place and yet -- the drama is not fully necessary. Although the man in the boat is praying for deliverance from the turbulent waters, he is doing the one thing a person should never do in a small boat regardless of the conditions -- STAND UP. He prays to God but if he would sit and trust, th...

Of the four images in this series by Thomas Cole, my favorite is the third: Manhood.

Possibly, it’s because this is the stage in which I now find myself so it’s the one I relate to.

More likely it’s because this is the one painting in the series where all the action takes place and yet -- the drama is not fully necessary.

Although the man in the boat is praying for deliverance from the turbulent waters, he is doing the one thing a person should never do in a small boat regardless of the conditions -- STAND UP.

He prays to God but if he would sit and trust, the waters will become still again.

Let’s discuss how we need to “put away the things of a child” when we become an adult.

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