It takes a village to raise a child or have we forgotten? Let us start forming back our villages and rescuing God’s children. They are the future… JPJ
There are times when I am out at the supermarket or sitting and waiting in a doctors office, or simply watching the news and the stark reality of the world we live in is highlighted. Children being disrespectful to their parents sometimes to the point of being physically or verbally abusive. Threatening to call the police on their parents at times because of a simple reprimand.
I remember seeing a video of a grandmother and her grandson travelling on a bus. The child was being loud and rude to his grandmother as well as other passengers on the bus. The grandmother was obviously not having it but being constrained by societies rules of how we discipline our children she had to speak in hushed tones not really having an effect on the child. How did we get here? I felt if I was on that bus I would have to take matters into my own hands. Allowing children to be rude and disrespectful is doing them a great injustice.
What happened to Ephesians 6:1-3 (NIV) which tells us that “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother which is the first commandment with a promise so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”
We say easily that the world we grew up in as kids is so different from the world that we live in today; and the children of today are just different. What does that really mean? Perhaps this current world is a result of us adjusting the rules of yesterday thereby creating the world today.
We ought to rethink our method of parenting if we want our children to live long, healthy and fruitful lives, growing up and contributing positively to society. It does not have to be our children because all of us have a responsibility as caregivers, as teachers, as neighbors to teach our children the message in Ephesians 6:1-3.
We should not be indifferent or afraid to impact any child’s life in a positive way, we could be that child’s only hope. Remember, it takes a village to raise a child.
Affirm: I will endeavor to play my part in saving children from themselves. I understand that what they learn now will impact their future here on earth as well as their future with God. I will play my part in that needed village. It is well and I am well