Forsaking the empty ways of our forefathers. I have many friends whom I hold in fond memory and regard. Many are men who made commitments to their spouses only to break them. Specifically they have brought in ‘skills’ from older male mentors who taught them directly and indirectly by example how to effectively disrespect and demean a female. This I have also witnessed with the opposite gender.
I have also seen children with behavioral problems act out disrespectfully toward peers, adults in authority and strangers inside schools or out in the public. Many times in seeing their parents and family adults I can easily observed where the troubled child learned their ‘skills’. Many ‘gangsta’ kids look forward to the rite of being incarcerated. They brag about it in the streets, buses and trains basking in the shock of strangers. Many public service workers have learned to give minimal services to their clients because ‘they don’t know better’ or ‘won’t speak up’ or ‘don’t deserve it anyway’.
Our kids are taught lifestyles that go against our faith. And many of our church kids have learned from religious folk how to verbally bash kids of ‘different sexual orientations’. And the politicians cry out that hate is being taught in the churches. And holy prophets cry out that love is not distributed in tangible form to needy communities. Where are the mentors that have destroyed your homes and communities? What were the words you have burned into your heart, soul and behavior that has injured a friend, family or stranger? Are we really getting ‘too politically correct’ or are we too busy to dialogue with our diverse neighbors? What have I taught my children? How can I undo what I may have intentionally or unintentionally taught to their spiritual detriment? How can I confess to them and our Lord the destructive wrongs in a road to break the cycle of generational curses inflicting our homes and communities?
I have also seen children with behavioral problems act out disrespectfully toward peers, adults in authority and strangers inside schools or out in the public. Many times in seeing their parents and family adults I can easily observed where the troubled child learned their ‘skills’. Many ‘gangsta’ kids look forward to the rite of being incarcerated. They brag about it in the streets, buses and trains basking in the shock of strangers. Many public service workers have learned to give minimal services to their clients because ‘they don’t know better’ or ‘won’t speak up’ or ‘don’t deserve it anyway’.
Our kids are taught lifestyles that go against our faith. And many of our church kids have learned from religious folk how to verbally bash kids of ‘different sexual orientations’. And the politicians cry out that hate is being taught in the churches. And holy prophets cry out that love is not distributed in tangible form to needy communities. Where are the mentors that have destroyed your homes and communities? What were the words you have burned into your heart, soul and behavior that has injured a friend, family or stranger? Are we really getting ‘too politically correct’ or are we too busy to dialogue with our diverse neighbors? What have I taught my children? How can I undo what I may have intentionally or unintentionally taught to their spiritual detriment? How can I confess to them and our Lord the destructive wrongs in a road to break the cycle of generational curses inflicting our homes and communities?
Thanks PJeff, this was wonderful!
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