Go ahead, run with scissors.

Recently I came across a cartoon meme, depicting a doctor holding in one hand a newborn by one of his feet, and in the other holding a branding iron (think cattle branding).  On a medical tray next to the doctor were several other branding irons.  
Each iron had a different head, symbols that represented different religions.  
In good anti-Christian fashion, the head of the iron in the doctor's hand was an ichthys (the fish symbol).  The caption of the meme was something like 'Let your children decide for themselves' (I tried to find the meme to let you see it for yourself, but after being bombarded with one extreme pro-choice meme after another, I could stomach the search no longer).  

Upon seeing this mockery, I was disgusted.  

I assume that most people who read our blog are Christians and that I'm preaching to the choir, but for those of you who are not, I'd like to give you some food for thought.

Let's define LOVE.  We are supposed to love our children, right?  Right.  
Love is desiring the greatest good for another.  Desire the greatest good, you say? Hmmm...

That means that parents should desire their children to eat healthy food.  Parents should desire their children to communicate & share with others.  Parents should desire their children to take baths.  Parents should desire their children to not get run over by cars.  You get the idea.

How do children do all of these things?  They decide for themselves.  
Oh, wait, that's wrong.  They are taught by their parents. 

A parent should also desire their children to know (at least basic) truths.  
The Earth is round.  Daylight comes from the sun.  No matter how far you run while wearing a cape, gravity will keep you on the ground.

Christians hold many truths which we know will lead us to eternal life with God in His Kingdom.  For us, this is the greatest good.  And so, we teach our children as much as we can about Jesus and how to live the Christian life.  Not because we desire our children to not think for themselves, but because we desire them to choose to follow Christ.  Because we desire them to go to Heaven.  

Parents know that there will come a day when their children will choose for themselves what to believe.  No one can force someone to be a Christian.  But if parents teach their children about the faith, and they still eventually reject it, at least they will know to what, or to whom, they are saying no.

Do you?


God Bless you,
Becca