raising children part 2

"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old He will not depart from it.(Proverbs 22:6)
Well here we go again readers, are you ready? I'm not sure I am. I sat down to poast this over a half hour ago, but I got sidetract on my blog trying to adjust some settings so comments would be emailed to me. This was no small task! You see there are all these little buttons to click on, and you know how it works. You just take the little mouse, and move around till you find whatever and click on it do you not?
Well, Not so with a blind person using a screen reader. You See, I can't see, so I have to listen to each individual link, or button. Then try to figure out which one I am clicking when I give the key command to click, then try to figure out if I succeeded or not. Wow! I'm tired already. But I'm not complaining, or if I am I certainly don't mean to, for I am so blessed. When I think of how limited a blind person would have been some years back, and now, the technology out there for the blind is amazing! I am so blessed, and Jesus is Awesome! In fact, The whole Triune God is!!

So, lets talk about raising children shall we? Or should I say, lets read about it...
I started off with the verse from Proverbs, because it seems to me to be one of the most encouraging and informitive scriptures there is about raising children. I think that we have to think about this intire verse carefully so we do not miss anything, so lets do it shall we?
The first thing in this passage of scripture that I would like to deal with if I may, is the fact that the bible refers to the child as "he."
Oh, my! Does this mean that a girl child is left out of this saying, and the scripture does not apply to her? Not at all. More rather the masculine form is simply the way the Bible speaks of children, and I believe that there is a reason for this. From every thing that I have ever heard, it was nearly a disgrace if a man had no male child. For the inheritance would typicly go to the male child. Even to day when a girl grows up and gets married, her last name offten changes to the last name of her new husband's and the male name takes the lead. I John tells us to behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed up on us, that we should be called the Sons of God. Well, I don't believe that this means the women are left out, they are the daughters of God. However the Word does not tend to speak of daughters as much as Sons, and I think this is because a daughter of God is a son of God in terms of inheritance. She is borrn again just like a man who gives himself to Jesus is. She to is a child of God, a joint heir with Christ! Thus, she has a fixed name, an eternal legacy with Him. She is a son in that since, her name will continue with Him forever...(that is to say the name Christ has given her) So all ladies, please, I encourage you, don't feel left out when you run across a Bible verse that only says "He" or "Son". It doesn't mean The Lorrd has forgotten you or brushed you aside, on the contrary my Sister, I think it means that if you know Him, He counts you as a joint heir with Him just like men who are. The Father is the Bridegroom, and His sons, men and women alike, are the bride awaiting His coming! This is to say, if you have excepted Jesus as your savior, than you are this son or this bride I speak of, that means more than life to Him Otherwise you are like an x bride who has broken off your engagement with Your Bridegroom, and I would encourage you to do something about that before you have an eternal heart ake that time will not heal. As Friends, He is offering us so much more than what we have have now. It is all in the waiting.
So, I say all of this to say, God cares about boys and girls, and thus let not the women be discouraged or feel brushed aside when scripture simply says "He" and not "He and She" or "son" and not "son and daughter", for I asure you that He didn't forget you sister...
Now by the time I edet this a little, it's going to be getting short of time, so I best leave off here for now and continue next time. Thanks for stopping by readers.
Mark

Raising / rearing children part one

Hello friends and readers, how are you doing today? Feel free to drop me a little note at mark.rotramel@gmail.com and let me know if you wish. I do hope you are doing well, and I want to thank you for stopping by. I think that The Lord inspired me to write this little series called raising or rearing children through my friend S. I've decided to use letters for my friends that I write about on here, because I've not asked permition to write about them, and since I think the whole world can see this, I am unsure if it is wise to poast actural names of who ever comes to my mind with out checking with them first, so I'll simply use letters.
Anyways, I have this friend S and her husband D, though I don't think I have ever met them in person. I've met S's two younger sisters, A and M, and their husbands W and D, men I wished I knew better, because again, they seem like great guys to me. You see these three sisters and I went to college at the same place, so I got to know them a little bit. As a result, I really like this family, and I have grown to love them in a spiritual way, as I have grown to love many in Christ Jesus through my time at JBU.
Yes, I love S and her husband D, because I am confedent he is a great guy, and S seems really nice as well and comes from a family that I have seen to be full of good works, and truth. I've not met the parents of these three sisters, but they had to have instilled some pretty valuable truth in to their girls, because I've seen and heard glimpses of the lives of these three sisters and the men they married, and it's pretty eternally awesome.
For example, I've read some of S's blogs, and I read into that that she loves The Lord, her children and family. And she is humbled enough to speak about thinggs that she needs help with and gives God glory for helping her as He continues to do.
Her sister A and W have a passion to be a light of hope, to set captive free and so forth. I have witnessed the same in the youngest sister M and her husband D. They also want to set people free from spiritual baundage. And, when I went to colege with A and M, I could ask of them a favor if I needed to, and if they were able to grant it, they did. And by no means did they show any sign of reluctance in so doing. In short, to me these sisters were and no doubt still are like a breath of fresh air, a possitive message, a light of hope, a sweet song that is true. All three and there husbands, and I am sure that they will instill this life into there children as well.
Ah, here we go. Now we are getting to the point, children! Don't ya just love Children, Kids, Little ones? I know of few people that can teach us more than children can.
Now I hesetated to start this series, because I have no children of my own. Thus, who am I to talk about raising kids? My wife and I hope to have a little one some day, as we both love Kids very much, but we havve no children at the present time. Never the Less, as I said, my wife and I love children, and she works with older kids. I keep my ears open, I inquire of her and many others, I listen, I learn, I remember, and I remember what it was like for me when I was a kid, and I figured that if something I have heard, or seen, or learned could pertentually be of help or encouragement to someone else who is raising a child or children, well I ought to share it. I didn't really think of this though, until I saw a facebook stadis on S's page. She wrote about an experience she had with her son in Barns and Noble a while back, that reminded me of somethings I hope to put into practice when I am in a similar place with a child, and wondered if it could encourage someone if I pass Them on . So I started this blog series in hopes someone might be blessed.
So, now you have the introduction, and I guess because I am blind, and editing and writing for me is pretty hard, and very very very time consuming, I am going to leave off here for now. But, I'll poast part 2 next week. Then three, four, and so on untill I am done. I would love some feadback, when I get going so I'll know better if this is helpful to anyone or not, as like I said, it is hard work and very time consumeing. Yet, if it is a little blessing to someone in someway, it will be worth all the effert and more . So thank you in advance for your interest, and God willing I'll be back next week with some of the meat.
GoodBye