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