Those two words ring true. When the Columbine shootings happened, we were shocked, everybody was talking about it, we couldn't believe this could happen. Now, eight years later, we don't make as much of a big deal about it. Have we become immune to what the world offers. Like the frog in the kettle of water, we are slowly becoming tolerant and we are acceptive. I can't speak for the others out there but I can speak for myself. I lack the ability to witness and the knowledge of the bible to actually have a foundation in my beliefs. I can't even stand on what I believe in.
As Christians, we need to let others know the good news. We need to embrace the youth and let them know there is someone out there who loves them. It start's with us.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Monday, October 15, 2007
More School Shootings
I'm sorry for the long vacation from the blogs. This story out of Cleveland kind of woke me up. My friend John at The Daily Detour has mentioned that it could be a number of things. The day after the shootings took place I was listening to the local radio station, who had their ABC Cleveland affiliate on. This man was describing the shooter; Gothic, wore black clothes and especially Marilyn Manson t-shirts. I have seen enough video on Marilyn Manson to know the message in his music and whom he serves. I know it is not just the music. The fact this boy, and that's what he was, came from a broken home. Without a full-time father in the house, it is very hard for a boy to be a boy without some sort of rebellion.
My two oldest boys are growing up without a father that's there full-time. I'm trying to spend more time with them and at the time have custody of my oldest. I see the behavior change in boys when they come from a broken home. In Steve Farrar's book King Me he talks about the feminizing of our society when boys are raised by their mothers alone. I don't want to get to deep in this subject but this also confuses a boy. Don't get me wrong, a boy needs his mother but he needs father to show him how to be man.
We need to pray for our families that we raise our children the way God wants us to.
My two oldest boys are growing up without a father that's there full-time. I'm trying to spend more time with them and at the time have custody of my oldest. I see the behavior change in boys when they come from a broken home. In Steve Farrar's book King Me he talks about the feminizing of our society when boys are raised by their mothers alone. I don't want to get to deep in this subject but this also confuses a boy. Don't get me wrong, a boy needs his mother but he needs father to show him how to be man.
We need to pray for our families that we raise our children the way God wants us to.
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