Faith Through the Journey

We live in a tangled, mixed up, broken world. This is nothing new, of course, since sin entered the world in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve. We need look no further than that first sin, when Eve disobeyed God and her husband Adam joined her. The one who perpetrated the deception has been active and deceiving the human race ever since. The deception, the lies, the marks of Satan’s work being those of stealing, killing, and destroying, are rampant in the world and have been ever since he first persuaded Adam and Eve to disobey God. He also seeks to confuse, to divide and cause chaos whenever and wherever possible.

As Americans, we have seen a terrible downward spiral in our country’s moral standards, especially in the area of our children and the value of their lives. Beginning in 1973, we have seen the murder of over 60 million children before they ever took a breath, as their mothers chose to abort them. The constant, relentless attack on our children is continuing at an unprecedented rate. If we don’t value their lives before birth, is it any wonder that our children are the target of a culture of confusion, that we value our tech toys more than spending time with them, or that we either make idols of our children or expect them to fulfill us? That many who work in the schools are leaving the teaching/helping professions because the children are out of control and the parents refuse to discipline them at home or back up the school officials who have to deal with these behavior problems?

Astoundingly parents who raise concerns about what their children are being exposed to in school are being labeled as the problems, as some sort of dangerous extremists! There is no one who has a greater interest, a greater stake in the future of their children than parents, and yet even the President of the United States dares to assert that “they’re all our children!” No sir, they are not!!!!

God has much to say about children. They are gifts from Him, lives to be valued and cherished, cared for and loved. At the same time, we must shape their lives because they are human and need guidance as to what is and isn’t acceptable if they want to live in a world with other people. God gave this privilege and responsibility to parents primarily, and to those who will come alongside them to teach and train their children so that they will be ready to function in the world. But above all, THEY ARE CHILDREN!!! They are not capable of making potentially life-altering decisions about drastic medical procedures, nor should they even be exposed to the possibility of doing so. As parents everywhere will tell you, their children go through many phases and change their minds often about activities, ambitions, friends, etc.

One of the most disturbing aspects of current society is the complete confusing of gender being forced upon children. God said in Genesis that He created TWO genders, MALE AND FEMALE. That gender is determined from the moment of conception, and THAT WILL NOT CHANGE!! Children should never have to deal with ANYONE trying to confuse them as to whether they’re a boy or a girl!!! And any adult who encourages a child to lie to their parents about this is one who should NEVER be allowed near children!!!!! Jesus found children extremely valuable, and He wanted them to come to Him. He was also very clear about how children should be treated. “But if you give them a hard time, bullying or taking advantage of their simple trust, you’ll soon wish you hadn’t. You’d be better off dropped in the middle of the lake with a millstone around your neck” (Matthew 18:6). We must protect our children, not turn them into some kind of social experiment. They are gifts and should be treated as such.

Another of the very sad and even sometimes dangerous consequences of the transgender movement is the unfairness happening to young women in competitive athletics. Biological men who are now claiming to identify as women are besting biological women in competition, in which, of course, they possess an unfair physical advantage. All of their years of work now mean nothing because they are competing against biological males, and some have even been injured in competition because of course the men possess so much more muscle mass. If these men have gone through puberty, they are no longer on a level playing field with the women against whom they compete. There have also been incidents of sexual assaults in locker rooms where biological men who are now identifying as women are sharing facilities with biological women. All of the strides women have made in athletics are in danger of being lost because they can be rendered meaningless. Once again, the consequences of the confusion being perpetrated upon our children when they just want to do something as simple as go out and play sports is robbing them of the simplicity of childhood!

This is a battle for our children and grandchildren, and we cannot afford to lose to the enemy of our souls. I Peter 5:8, 9 says: “Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith…” We’re fighting against the spiritual darkness and forces of evil, and we need to fight on our knees. God loves our children and grandchildren even more than we do, and He gave them to us as His very best gifts.