A Mother Says Goodbye To Her 23 Year Old Son
Yesterday a mother had to say goodbye to her 23 year old son. I know this has to be very devastating. I have a niece that is that age. I know it would be very heart-wrenching to have to say goodby to her. Pray for the mother and the family. That God would heal and be her comfort. A friend of mine lost a son and she said, that parents are prepared to leave before their children. It is the natural order of things. When a child dies it is hard on all involved.
I can't help but think of us as a community, did we fail in some way? We take our children or nieces and nephews to church, and as they get older they lose interest. WHY? The world is telling them that serving God is boring and that they would have more fun out in the world doing what ever. First let me say, I know nothing about the circumstances of this young mans death as far as what or who he was involved with. It could have been a case of being at the wrong place at the wrong time. I know that some of my nieces were lured into a lifestyle that people know that I don't approve of, and have told them this. Everybody wants their kids to be popular. They say, "It's alright to live with someone, you are going to do it anyway." (By 'do it' I mean have sex.) "We don't need to teach abstinence, thats unrealistic."
Well, as Helen Smith used to say, as well as Jeff Steele, "I'm not raising dogs at my house, I am raising children" to do what right and to be responsible. My mom went and told her brothers about living together, that they needed to get married. You might have sex before you get married, but I am not going to make it easy for you. My mom was so adament about living together any before marriage, a few months before I got married, she moved in. I was 41. Parents say, "My kids are over 18, I can't tell them nothing". I was 50 when she died, she would tell me everyday to do the right thing.
We have to teach our young people that there are standards of behavior that are acceptable. We have to lead by example, we have to tell them and protect them and pray for them. There are so many snares out there. As I said before, the devil plays for keeps, he will make something look like fun and then get you hooked in to it or on it and he laughs at you when you get in a mess. Some people say that I can't tell them anything because I wasn't out in the world. I wasn't, I decided early in life that I didn't want to have a baby and not be married. I saw some of what my friends went through and I didn't want that. I was working at the age when most of the partying was done. God spared me, because He knew I couldn't take it. My husband has a good take on this "You don't have to be around s--- to know that it stinks." True.
We talk about the young girls and what they wear to church. We did the same thing and some of us still do not dress appropiately. All I can say, there is much to do in the kingdom of God. We must help our young people. Teach them, not only by the Bible , but be living examples of how to be.
Pray for this mother and pray for other mothers that have young people in college or not living at home, that they won't come to any hurt, harm or danger. Show the love of Jesus....
I can't help but think of us as a community, did we fail in some way? We take our children or nieces and nephews to church, and as they get older they lose interest. WHY? The world is telling them that serving God is boring and that they would have more fun out in the world doing what ever. First let me say, I know nothing about the circumstances of this young mans death as far as what or who he was involved with. It could have been a case of being at the wrong place at the wrong time. I know that some of my nieces were lured into a lifestyle that people know that I don't approve of, and have told them this. Everybody wants their kids to be popular. They say, "It's alright to live with someone, you are going to do it anyway." (By 'do it' I mean have sex.) "We don't need to teach abstinence, thats unrealistic."
Well, as Helen Smith used to say, as well as Jeff Steele, "I'm not raising dogs at my house, I am raising children" to do what right and to be responsible. My mom went and told her brothers about living together, that they needed to get married. You might have sex before you get married, but I am not going to make it easy for you. My mom was so adament about living together any before marriage, a few months before I got married, she moved in. I was 41. Parents say, "My kids are over 18, I can't tell them nothing". I was 50 when she died, she would tell me everyday to do the right thing.
We have to teach our young people that there are standards of behavior that are acceptable. We have to lead by example, we have to tell them and protect them and pray for them. There are so many snares out there. As I said before, the devil plays for keeps, he will make something look like fun and then get you hooked in to it or on it and he laughs at you when you get in a mess. Some people say that I can't tell them anything because I wasn't out in the world. I wasn't, I decided early in life that I didn't want to have a baby and not be married. I saw some of what my friends went through and I didn't want that. I was working at the age when most of the partying was done. God spared me, because He knew I couldn't take it. My husband has a good take on this "You don't have to be around s--- to know that it stinks." True.
We talk about the young girls and what they wear to church. We did the same thing and some of us still do not dress appropiately. All I can say, there is much to do in the kingdom of God. We must help our young people. Teach them, not only by the Bible , but be living examples of how to be.
Pray for this mother and pray for other mothers that have young people in college or not living at home, that they won't come to any hurt, harm or danger. Show the love of Jesus....
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