Saving the Ones We Love the Most
We all have inbred instincts to save the ones we love the most. We are passionate about making sure our children don’t touch a hot stove, and they look both ways before crossing a street.
But what kind of true grit do we possess for our children and grandchildren that will save them from the enemy of their souls?
I hear parents express immense concern about the negative influences their children may encounter in school, on social media and the entertainment world. Parents wonder how their children will grow up with integrity, respect, and self-esteem when those are their influencers.
WHO are their most significant influencers? There is no one or no-thing that should ever supersede a parent’s responsibility and their own leading-by-example. Our children learn to love or hate, be respectful or disrespectful, wise or foolish by the family in their house.
My character was molded by my Mom and Dad, my Sunday School teachers, Vacation Bible School leaders and Christian Camp counselors who modeled how to relate to the God of the Bible in my everyday life.
Please don’t let the high-profile characters we saw in the left’s campaign be your children’s and grandchildren’s standard. Do those in the public spotlight conduct themselves in an honorable way with utmost integrity? I don’t know. But it isn’t the responsibility of the President OR Oprah to set the example of moral conduct.
It is not the government’s responsibility to ensure children have a good example. It is our responsibility, as American citizens and Christians, to ensure that we lead our youth in modeling what is right, good, honorable, and true.
One God-fearing, respectful sports coach can do far more to shape the hearts and minds of boys and girls than a professional athlete. If we want to make a difference, let’s stop worrying about the moral example of others and let us take an active role in our classrooms, churches, youth groups and programs, sports teams, and other extracurricular activities.
Being cheerleaders, advisers and overseers of God’s gifts (our children and grandchildren) is our calling and mission. Those children are our gifts from God and what we do to instill a love for God, their fellow man and country is our gift back to God.
Our success as a nation — depends greatly on what happens in the White House. And even more importantly, on what happens inside our houses. May our homes resonate truth, fairness, kindness AND all that is exemplified by our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!
AND may the White House turn over a new leaf that DOES exemplify God’s Kingdom on earth as it is in heaven!