Today’s automobile:
Some thoughts for today:
As a child I
saw a few wrecks on the highways. A couple of them resulted in deaths. One death
was a child. I remember my dad ran back to see if he could help. It was in 1947. The old
black man who lost a child was holding him. Dad repeated many times over the
rest of his life what he heard the man say as he walked, crying, praying and
talking. What struck my Dad were these words, “I’se just trying to get my
children home!”
I have a
recording of a sermon my dad preached, it is barely audible now, but in that
sermon he talked about his children. He wanted us all to make it to Jesus and
home. He said, quoting the old man, “I’m just trying to get my children home.”
The only words my dad ever had to say about those accidents to us
(sister and I) was, “Children (They didn’t say kids back then) when you drive
you must be very careful, drive safely, there is danger on the roads, you have
to stay alert.”
I don’t claim
to know everything. But I do worry sometimes if maybe we try to explain these
tragedies in too much detail to children. Phycology and Psychiatry have their
place of course, but I don’t think every child needs it.
First of all
most of the mass shootings/killings CANNOT be explained except that some person
has a short-circuit in their brain. There are
too many controversies between the ‘wise men/women who are supposed to know the
reasons.’
I’m as
confused as the next guy, and the short little bit I watched the news on our
NEW TV, I am more confused.
BUT in the end there is not a thing wrong with teaching children the
10 commandments. There is NOTHING wrong with teaching them that repentance and
sorrow can do nothing but good. There is also nothing wrong with
suggesting good models, it is pretty hard to find a better one than Jesus. Just sayin’.
I have said
many times, even an atheist will agree that the big TEN are good rules, they
are really common sense!…..
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