Throwaway Kids

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. – Authorities searched Wednesday for the bodies of four children believed to have been thrown off a bridge by their father. (from an Associated Press story, January 9, 2008)

This news note grabbed my attention because it seems so common anymore for kids the be the object of revenge for some adult’s failure in life. Our children suffer for our misdeeds. That is just not right!!

There is a spiritual perspective in view here. When we allow our kids to miss or blow-off Bible Study and Worship (kids are still writing notes in Church -except now it “texting”), when we are too tired to bring them to AWANA, or Sunday School (read: Age-appropriate Bible Study), when we fail to teach them how to pray and focus on Heavenly things, we are helping to throw away their spiritual life. As parents we are responsible for our kids. They will be old enough, soon enough to make their own decisions. We will lose our opportunity to influence their choices. We best make sure that in the early years we are effectively building some safeguards in their life.