This often makes a child too dependent, therefore we need to realize that it’s OK to say no to what a child wants even when it’s OK to say yes. The word I am looking for is compromise and we must know when to and when not to compromise.
Sometimes I often think we don’t know or don’t care what is happening in the lives of our children. This does not just relate to our biological children. Problem one is to find a biological father and mother in the same household. Whether in or out of the home, can we find someone we can count on in each other?
This is an area where love and education is at the root of disaster. Are we so busy criticizing young girls who are having children out of wedlock that we are forgetting the young man who will not step up and be a father? Bringing a child into this world does not make a man or a woman.
It’s sad that our young children do not understand that what is behind or what is in front of them are tiny matters compared to what is on the inside. Today’s norm seems to be just do your own thing.
We have a society that will punish that which is right and reward that which is wrong while basing things on technicality. This is an area where love, discipline and understanding should be at the root of life’s recipe. Our Lord and Savior has provided us with everything we need in the Holy Bible, but we are looking everywhere else.
Too many in society are allowing themselves to become accustomed to doing right when the mood suits them. In society we like to feel good without doing good. When we get caught behind another they will remain there unless they can run faster…progress arrives without struggle.
We often overlook the fact that we like to blame someone else because we do not want to be accountable for our actions. We cannot be self sufficient without Christ, for he is our protection.
That is why children like to get out of the eyesight of their parents, so they can do as they please, but they are accountable to God. This is the basic difference between a politician and a statesman. The statesman knows he is accountable to God for his actions, but the politician only cares about getting in office, and usually with lies.
When was the last time you said to yourself, “I was wrong”? Who do you know that you can trust and who wants to be your friend for your sake and not theirs? Who do you know that are sensitive to your feelings?
The end of time is not a long way off. No one has sin so bad that the grace of God will not forgive. Jesus Christ our Lord will always have the last say so.
Thank you and Lord bless.
Johnny L. Blacke, MSG (R)
