Mothers & Fathers of the church - yesterday and today - same wisdom

Our church is getting ready for a “Corporate Fast” and part of the fast is to “Stop Complaining”.  This post is meant to be a guide and not a hindrance to young people

Face Book is one place that people usually give advice, share files, spread love & they also complain.  It is the obligation of the Mothers & Fathers of the church (mature Christian women & men) to give sound counsel to those who are younger.  Elders are to aid young people, who haven’t been through or experienced certain situations, with helpful knowledge.  It is so important that those mature persons advise with Godly wisdom.

In a course that I teach entitled, “The Confident Woman”, I try to give young women help in appearances, seeking employment, communication, interactions, seeking companionship and general “how to’s”.  Most of the time those young ladies, who desire to get ahead in life, tend to be more receptive to someone else’s encouragement.  They discover that they can’t learn everything from their peers.

Over the past few months, I’ve noticed how more and more young people don’t want to do better, nor do they appreciate any information from anyone other than themselves.  Face Book & Twitter are a few prime examples where young people are exploiting themselves over the internet.  Posting explicit pictures, using profanity, and exposing themselves to the unfavorable views of prospective employers are not ways to communicate.  Also it’s not the way to find a suitable mate.  Instead of taking Godly wisdom, young folks disrespect their elders and wonder why you don’t offer any further acknowledgements.

The Word of God states: Titus 2 New International Version (NIV)
“1 You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine. ² Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance.

³ Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. ⁴ Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, ⁵ to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.

⁶ Similarly, encourage the young men to be self-controlled. ⁷ In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness ⁸ and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.

⁹ Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them, ¹⁰ and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive.

¹¹ For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. ¹² It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, ¹³ while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, ¹⁴ who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.

¹⁵ These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you.”

By counseling others, we are only doing what God has commanded us to do, with the wisdom and guidance of Holy Spirit.  We can’t make people take heed, but we are obliged to try.  OBTW – please don’t call me “Mother”.  I only have two children.  Yours in Christ, Ms. “V”     #NotComplaining

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Prayer & concern needed in senseless deaths

In the wake of so many senseless deaths that have occurred in Jacksonville Florida, there is a greater need for prayer and a higher concern for our youth who may be subject to people who act before they think.  From the “Stand Your Ground Law”, to “Vehicular Manslaughter”, or just plain “Murder”, there have been numerous acts of violence that left parents without their children and the guilty parties serving time in prison or walking the streets to live their lives.

Trayvon Martin

Do you recall the criminal cases that happened a little more than a year ago?  The families have not forgotten.

• Parents of Trayvon Martin send thank you letter to son’s supporters
• Somer Thompson killer is finally sentenced, but not to death
  
  • Makia Coney's murder case, update July 2012
• Jordan Davis is killed & another statistic for the 'Stand Your Ground Law'
• JaNay Jackson is killed as a van plows into her bedroom

Jordan Davis

Some people are upset and want to blame racial profiling, but some of the crimes listed above were not White on White, or Black on White, or Hispanic on Black crimes; they were crimes committed by people who were not thinking before they acted.  None of the offenders were charged with premeditated murder.

Travon Martin will be remembered in love, but what about the other deaths that have taken children away from this earth too soon?  After the news media have moved on to other cases, what about the families who hold the memory of their loved ones deep in their hearts?  What about the crimes that are committed and there is no consolation?  What about the families who are left behind?  What is the solution?

JaNay Jackson

The answer is not in having a gun to protect oneself; nor is it in a “vigilantly movement”.  The only answer is to turn to God in times like this.  2 Chronicles 7:14 “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”  Heal the hurt, heal the confusion, heal the injustice and heal the people of this land.  We tried everything else and it’s not working.

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Stranger – Danger; Wise Counsel

Cherish Perrywinkle's life ended at 8 years

There was a tragedy this past weekend which highlights the fact of protection our children (to the best of our ability) without succumbing to ‘fear’.  The incident was the abduction of a little eight year old girl (Cherish Perrywinkle) from inside a local Walmart, by a recently released ‘registered sex offender’ (May 31, 2013).  You can read the details of the story (Here).

For those of us who have children in our care, it is direly important that we safeguard them as much as we can without being smothering and paranoid.  There are a few tips that may help keep more children from being statistics.

1. When children travel to and from school, make sure they walk with another child.  Have them be aware of their surroundings and to “come straight home”.
2. Never talk with ‘strangers’.  A stranger is someone who comes up to the child when a parent or guardian is NOT around.  Children will have to be taught who to trust: i.e. teachers, caregivers, and some authority figures.  If they have to submit to someone in uniform, make sure another person knows about where the child is going.  This can be real ‘ify’.
3. Establish a “password” with your child that only you and they know.  This is in case of an emergency and someone, other that you or your spouse, has to pick them up.  This should not be used often.
4. Sometimes, even some family members should be scrutinized.  Be aware of relatives with whom you’re not familiar.
5. Watch naming your children in pictures, on social networks.  A predator will take your child’s name and try to lure them away to a car, house or other place and then take advantage of them.  If a child hears their name, they may have the false security that the person knows them.  Same thing with having your children wear their names on apparel.  Don’t give a stranger any extra information that they can use.

As parents, we must protect the precious property that God has given to us.  It’s our duty.  Child endangerment has been a concern to this Examiner for a while, but the problem still exists and it's something that ‘we the people’ should continue to address while we continue to “Do Something!”  Don't forget to cover them in prayer daily.  It may take a village to raise a child, but in today's society, you've got to know those who live and walk in your village.

Below are some articles that will refresh your memory of “Little Children Lost”.

• Sexual Predators in Florida
• Protecting children during troubled times
• Children are our responsibility
• Registered sex offender is behind pulpit while children are not allowed inside
• Somer Thompson's killer found
• Somer Thompson killer is finally sentenced, but not to death
• Cell phone pictures could cause an intrusion

To read more from this author – get the books: “Bent But Not Broken” and “Where Did That Come From?” by Ms. "V" (Victoria Thomas Poller)

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