I have so much I want to write. I just don't know where to start or how to start. Or if I should start for that matter.
See This post is one of those "soap box" posts. More than anything else.
I am just blown away at how incredibly ridiculous this world has gotten. How "inconsiderate" has become the new behavior of choice these days among the young and old alike. If that isn't bad enough, this undesirable behavior has become considered perfectly "normal" as well as completely acceptable and is totally tolerated by the majority of society today.
What and why? That is what I keep asking myself....the answer [which really isn't an answer at all] that I have come up with thus far is, "Sheesh....UN-believeable."
Seriously, I don't know if any of you have notice a sharp increase in the number of rude behaviors in the general public. Let's take for instance the family unit. How many of you have notice the way children, young and grown children alike, have been treating their own parents recently as opposed to the last two decades?It is definitely not the same as years gone by. I can say with certainty, that today's generation of children lack respect for their parents - in general. There are always exceptions to the rule. What I find so upsetting is that the exceptions are those that actually show respect for their parents.
That is backwards. It should be the other way around.
Again I say, this behavior is not only accepted today, but applauded by the general public and even in some churches as well. [Yeah....hits a nerve]
And what about the parents?
Isn't it our job - To love and nurture our children?
To teach them to fear God and walk in His ways?
To love them unconditionally?
To teach them how to become men and women of God and prepare them for what the Lord has for them? To provide for them while they are with us?
Is this so hard?
THIS should be a JOY - not a burden!
THIS should be our heart and soul!
It should be our daily prayers to God - our daily conversations with the Master -throughout the day - not just a tag onto our meal blessing.
If this is true then -----
Why is it then, that our homes are being torn apart by the enemy?
Children are becoming parents and providing for their households while their capable parents sit by with idle hands and justify stealing their child's youth away?
Grown children are divorcing their God given families and in the Name of Yaweh.
Why is this????
As a mother of five - I know all of the above to be true and I do all of the above. It is second nature to me. My children are my heart and soul. Second only to my Lord and Master.
And though I do all of the above. It is not always without heart ache. I know this first hand as well. Still, I love my children with all my heart and soul. I always will.
I will never understand how a Mother can be so selfish. Oh I "know" the "reason" in my carnal understanding. [below is the answer] Still, in my heart I just can't fathom it.
This is un-acceptable! But yet - it IS accepted! It is accepted by not only the world but the church as well!
Why? I keep asking the Lord, "Why?"
The answer - found in the scripture in a letter the Apostle Paul wrote to Timothy [2Timothy 3:1-6]
But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.
Of course, [knowing the why] may not make it any easier to deal with, especially when you [personally] have had to experience the affects of this "era" of disrespect first hand.
The pain that comes from selfishness and inconsideration, sometimes robed in acts of betrayal, is without a doubt one of life's worse experiences. However, knowing why our loved ones are acting the way they are does have it's advantages by allowing us the upper hand in the spirit world. It shows us how to pray and prayer changes things!
The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
So I shall keep on praying and believing.
Still, I leave you tonight with a heavy heart.
Wondering just how a mother can willingly put a son in a position that very well may steal his chance at a clean start at a life. Why? Why would any mother do that? Especially a child of God.
Then I wonder how and three grown sons would leave their mother and sisters and step-father. Just like that. Years of love. Years of prayers. Years of life together.
There are so many other bad behaviors that are rearing their ugly heads in our society and crossing over into our homes these days. It's just that these two are hitting so close to home right now. They are really breaking my heart.
I know who is ultimately responsible [satan - the deceiver - our adversary]
Still, we all need to grow up and hush up long enough to hear the voice of Holy Spirit and allow Him to show us what is happening. Let Holy Spirit convict, heal and restore.
That is where I leave this in His capable hands.
So - Why?
Well, only God knows. I suppose.
I am done asking why.
