Grow Up! Build Up!

Lane and I had an experience that has stirred this subject so you can blame the other people involved for this teaching! I don't know why the Lord always lets Lane be encouraging and gives me the tough "in your face" teachings to share! Anyways~ 
     We went to the store which will remain nameless, but know that it is the store that everyone in the world goes to and they can be met there 24 hours a day(Never go there looking sloppy or you'll run into everyone!). 
     As we encountered these people who we have "encountered" before, I asked how they were doing they proceeded to tell us every physical ailment they were enduring, the ones their spouse was enduring, (their children and grandchildren's health was also covered) their past medical tests and future doctors appointments. Plus any mysterious problems that nobody could understand. All the time they were sharing these things they were smiling like a child with a good report card, they were so proud of having so many problems to share!~  
     I had forgotten this was their pattern but every time we see them they give us a rundown of their health status.
     My question is why? Why are they happy they can share so many physical problems? Why is there a pride in them that they are walking examples of poor health? I do believe it probably started as children, maybe the only time they received attention was when they were sick? Who knows?
     But as adults, scripture tells us to grow up!

As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ, Ephesians 4:14-15
 We are to change the patterns we learned as children, we are to focus on the true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, good repute, excellence, anything worthy of praise. 

Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things. Philippians 4:8

And I would encourage you to build one another up when you have chance encounters, share what the Lord is doing, how He has blessed you, speak truth and life!

"The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart. Luke 6:45