Today, there was a discussion going on in the "Fresno Mamas" group on Facebook regarding the new Trans-gender Laws for public schools. Some responded with Christian opinions and points of view, others with very affirmative responses about the law. As everyone began flooding the thread with their opinions, my heart sank.
One woman, mother, responded with this:
"I find it really strange that so many of you want to instill your beliefs on your children. I want my daughter to think for herself, even if her views are different from mine."
Oh dear, if only she knew that that is exactly why this country is falling through the cracks. The parenting styles of today allow our children to make their own decisions, run the circus, and have a free for all, because, well, they need to just "be who they are", right? Wrong. So, so wrong. And scary.
To allow our children to just 'think for themselves' means they will be learning about sex, drugs, alcohol, trans-gender, gay, lesbian, rape, murder, shootings, etc. from their friends, and possibly from their own experiences, in ways that are not safe. Fifteen-year-olds will learn about sex from their teachers or friends, whom you probably don't even know.
It's just so incredibly scary, because these people who want to let their children just run free, with no consistent guidance, values, and necessary discipline are being brought up in a way that is AGAINST the way God says to do it.
I was studying Proverbs 11 today during my quiet time and my bible (I read out of a NKJV Bible so as many verses are left intact as possible) listed some verses in regards to the responsibilities we have as parents.
~Demonstrate God's Pattern for Christian Marriages. As you may have read in a previous post of mine, I WANT to let my children see that his parents are in love, respect each other, that his father is a wonderful leader of the home, and his mother is his helper. For our children's marriages to be this way, it is crucial that we model this for them! Scripture which backs this up includes the following:
"One who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence"
~1 Timothy 3:4
"Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well."
~1 Timothy 3:12
"But as for you, speak the things which are proper for sound doctrine: that the older men be sober, reverent, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience; the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things— that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed."
~Titus 2:1-5
~Teach Your Children Spiritual Truths. We simply cannot rely on church and even Christian schools to do this for us. According to God, it is our responsibility as parents to teach these things. This is WHY (to answer that lady's question) we instill our beliefs onto our children.
“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates."
~Deuteronomy 6:4-9
"Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right."
~Ephesians 6:4
~Lead children to go God's way through loving, yet consistent discipline. So many have forgotten the discipline part of parenting, and feel that being 'friendly' with their children will be a positive for the child. This is not only true, it is WRONG according to God. While this part isn't fun, we are directed as followers of the Lord to discipline our children in a consistent and loving way.
"He who spares his rod hates his son,
But he who loves him disciplines him promptly."
~Proverbs 13:24
"Chasten your son while there is hope,
And do not set your heart on his destruction."
~Proverbs 19:18
"Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it."
~Hebrews 12:11
As a mother, I am choosing to parent according to the word of God. Yes, it is different than the "norm" of today, but God made us to stand out. Not conforming to the ways the world has unfortunately turned. Today I am praying for our country, new/old parents, and children as they continue to grow up during this time. I am praying over the schools, that they would be safe for our children and not harm them physically, mentally, or spiritually. It's such a hard thing to deal with and talk about, especially for me as a new mother, trying to figure out what is best for my son! So I am choosing to go by the Book, His book, as my personal manual! ;)
Prayers and Love to your family!!
~Kaila
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