Years ago….uh oh…attention shut down. I can feel it! Whenever adults try to make a point they talk about how it was when they were kids. Bear with me kids and you’ll get the point.
Once upon a time…does that sound better…my sister and I took our three daughters down to the irrigation ditch below where my sister was living. Bringing back memories of “years ago” when we were kids we told our daughters about all the fun we had playing in the ditches. We played a game called alligator we told them. The object of the game was for everyone to get in the ditch and crawl along on their bellies acting like alligators. Not to far into the memory my sister and I looked at each other and suddenly jumped into the ditch fully clothed pretending to be alligators.
After several moments of rolling laughter my niece interrupted our trip down memory lane by saying, “Are there any adults here?!” Opps I guess we were acting kind of childish remembering back to the good old days.
As I watch the news today and hear the things that are going on in our society today I find myself in the position my niece was asking “Are there any adults out there?”
Everywhere you turn it seems like the adults now-a-days are acting just as childish as the kids are. Parents shooting other parents at school sport functions. Adults beating up each other in protest over costumes selected for a school program at Thanksgiving. Disrespect at its highest being role-modeled to the younger generations via television, home living, schools, and road rage.
Kids use to be taught to respect the flag, God, the law, and each other. Now the adults are burning the flag, taking the pledge of allegiance out of school, making up their own interpretation of the law and expecting people to honor it. Knocking down others and running over them at local convenient stores only to stampede to the nearest bargain table. Greed seems to be on the rise and self-worth is on the decline.
Where are the adults? How is the next generation coming up suppose to know how adults are to behave when there doesn’t appear to be any adults out there? In the cycle of life eventually the children we raise are responsible for taking care of us when we get old. Let us not start the process early by having them be the adults because of our own childish behavior.
When God created the cycle of life as it is He put the adults in charge and made them responsible for teaching the younger generation. It’s up to us to see that it’s done and done right!
Once upon a time…does that sound better…my sister and I took our three daughters down to the irrigation ditch below where my sister was living. Bringing back memories of “years ago” when we were kids we told our daughters about all the fun we had playing in the ditches. We played a game called alligator we told them. The object of the game was for everyone to get in the ditch and crawl along on their bellies acting like alligators. Not to far into the memory my sister and I looked at each other and suddenly jumped into the ditch fully clothed pretending to be alligators.
After several moments of rolling laughter my niece interrupted our trip down memory lane by saying, “Are there any adults here?!” Opps I guess we were acting kind of childish remembering back to the good old days.
As I watch the news today and hear the things that are going on in our society today I find myself in the position my niece was asking “Are there any adults out there?”
Everywhere you turn it seems like the adults now-a-days are acting just as childish as the kids are. Parents shooting other parents at school sport functions. Adults beating up each other in protest over costumes selected for a school program at Thanksgiving. Disrespect at its highest being role-modeled to the younger generations via television, home living, schools, and road rage.
Kids use to be taught to respect the flag, God, the law, and each other. Now the adults are burning the flag, taking the pledge of allegiance out of school, making up their own interpretation of the law and expecting people to honor it. Knocking down others and running over them at local convenient stores only to stampede to the nearest bargain table. Greed seems to be on the rise and self-worth is on the decline.
Where are the adults? How is the next generation coming up suppose to know how adults are to behave when there doesn’t appear to be any adults out there? In the cycle of life eventually the children we raise are responsible for taking care of us when we get old. Let us not start the process early by having them be the adults because of our own childish behavior.
When God created the cycle of life as it is He put the adults in charge and made them responsible for teaching the younger generation. It’s up to us to see that it’s done and done right!
Sorry kids, you’re probably wondering why I was talking more to adults than you. I hope you didn’t run get mommy and daddy and say, “See you need to do this or that.” The thing of it is you are responsible for your actions just like they are responsible for their own.
When we all stand before Jesus some day the excuse of “Well my mommy did it, or this is what my daddy did,” will not excuse us from unacceptable behavior in God’s eyes. Learn from God Himself through His Holy word the Bible what is right and wrong and then make your choices using the wisdom we all have within us if we would only use it.
Some day you will be an adult before you know it, may they never ask “where’s the adults” as you make wise choices and Godly decisions using Christ as your standard instead of those around you.
Copyright 2008 Karen J. Gillett @ Pencil Marks and Recipes Publishing
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