Recently a mother here in Oklahoma was given a long prison sentence because her 8-month-old had drown in a bucket of mop water. She gave conflicting stories of how the baby happened to fall into the water. Obviously the jury must have thought it was deliberate.
Horrors are happening to children at younger and younger ages. I feel hopeless about the current raising of monsters who perpetuate the horror. It is Halloween month. The month for scary things to come out and roam. Back in the days when Fairy Tales were fairy tales perhaps it was a thrill to get the adrenaline flowing, but no longer is it a light and playful matter!
I remember when I first heard gossip regarding a murder; I guess I was near eight-ten years old. My mother and her friends discussed it in lowered voices being concerned about little listening ears. Apparently an acquaintance had burned a small trailer house with his wife and two children in it. I dare say not many under 50 can remember the first murder they heard about. It has become so common place. Now it is everyday talk, many times without even considering little listening ears.
And abuse? Too long kept under cover. Family and neighbors, get help for those who are hurting. Let’s quit playing with fire by consuming “entertainment” forms that glorify wickedness and violence.
I pray “Come, Lord Jesus, come.” To me that seems to be my last best hope; I’m ready to admit man/woman cannot handle themselves.
A scripture comforts the children of God: “God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: ‘The Lord knows those who are his, and, …” But when I think of the sinner and his children, I despair and cry out, “Oh, Lord, come quickly.” Then I turn again to his Word, and read “If we are faithless, he remains faithful, for he cannot disown himself.”
THERE IS A SUPREME JUDGE WHO FORGETS NOTHING EXCEPT WHAT HAS BEEN COVERED BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS!
JUDGEMENT DAY IS COMING!
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Amen, Oneta. Sad but true.
Heartbreaking.
you raise such a startlingly point—‘can you remember the first time you heard talk of and realized what a murder was’…as they are now so common place with just the click of the news…we hear of all sorts of tragic mayhem.
The recent news here from the Atlanta area is of the young twenty five year old mother of two who put her children in the oven, where they died….
Each day it is more and more evil and horrific—
Yes Oneta, Judgement day is coming—and there are days I don’t think it can come fast enough….
Yes, even so, Lord Jesus, come quickly.
I agree with everything you wrote, but especially about “playing with fire by consuming entertainment forms that glorify wickedness and violence.” If people fill their minds with that garbage, who can be surprised when they start acting the same way. J.
Yes. 😀 Ps. 115:8 talks about idols and says “those who make them will become like them.” And some people idolize that kind of stuff.
Yes. Oneta. I agree with what you have written. Personally I think the perpetrating of Halloween which began as a pagan festival of the worst kind is not beneficial to children but only making the concept of wickedness and violence perhaps seen as acceptable. The very idea of ‘you reward me or I will do something bad to you’ trick or treat is barbaric. Thank you for making us think. One day there will be a Judgment Day and what ‘stuff’ will be revealed then. Let’s guard our children and grandchildren as much as we can in our lifetimes.
Yes, we will guard, teach, and keep our own, and pray that the “unseen” will be revealed to reach those outside our own families. And we as a society need the good judgement to know the difference between an open hand on the bottom of a dressed child is not the same as a beating. There is so much fear now that parents (especially those from joined or blended families) are often scared to discipline in that way. They end up doing much worse by shutting kids in closets or berating them with their words.
How broken is our world, with so many who look at what the world has to offer to fill them up… Lord, may we all be the ones who reach out to help those in need and point them all to You.
Greed and merchandising drive the promotion of so much filth. One cannot take a little fire into his bosom and not get burnt.
Very true, indeed.