Dear, GOD.

[Forrest]

,"
Dear God:
>
> Why didn't you save the school children at . . .
>
> Moses Lake, Washington 2/2/96
>
> Bethel, Alaska 2/19/97
>
> Pearl, Mississippi 10/1/97
>
> West Paducah, Kentucky 12/1/97
>
> Stamps, Arkansas 12/15/97
>
> Jonesboro, Arkansas 3/24/98
>
> Edinboro, Pennsylvania 4/24/98
>
> Fayetteville, Tennessee 5/19/98
>
> Springfield, Oregon 5/21/98
>
> Richmond, Virginia 6/15/98
>
> Littleton, Colorado 4/20/99
>
> Taber, Alberta, Canada 5/28/99
>
> Conyers, Georgia 5/20/99
>
> Deming, New Mexico 11/19/99
>
> Fort Gibson, Oklahoma 12/6/99
>
> Santee, California 3/5/01 and
>
> El Cajon, California 3/22/01 ?
>
> Sincerely,
> Concerned Student
>
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Reply:
>
> Dear Concerned Student:
>
> I am not allowed in schools.
>
> Sincerely,
> God
>
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> How did this get started....
>
> -----------------
> Let's see, I think it started when Madeline Murray O'Hare complained
>she didn't want any prayer in our schools.
> And we said, OK...
> ------------------
> Then, someone said you better not read the Bible in school, the Bible
>that says "thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your
>neighbors as yourself,"
> And we said, OK...
> -----------------
> Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they
>misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might
>damage their self-esteem.
> And we said, an expert should know what he's talking about so we won't
>spank them anymore...
> ------------------
> Then someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our
>children when they misbehave. And the school administrators said no faculty
>member in this school better touch a student when they misbehave because we
>don't want any bad publicity, and we surely don't want to be sued...
> And we accepted their reasoning...
> ------------------
> Then someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they
>want, and they won't even have to tell their parents.
> And we said, that's a grand idea...
> ------------------
> Then some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys and
>they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms they
>want, so they can have all the fun they desire, and we won't have to tell
>their parents they got them at school.
> And we said, that's another great idea...
> ------------------
> Then some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter what we
>do in private as long as we do our jobs.
> And we said, it doesn't matter what anybody, including the President,
>does in private as long as we have jobs and the economy is good...
> ------------------
> And someone else took that appreciation a step further and published
>pictures of nude children and then stepped further still by making them
>available on the Internet.
> And we said, everyone's entitled to free speech....
> ------------------
> And the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies
>that promote profanity, violence and illicit sex... And let's record music
>that encourages rape, drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes.....
> And we said, it's just entertainment and it has no adverse effect and
>nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead...
> ------------------
>
> ------------------
> Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why
>they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill
>strangers, classmates or even themselves.
> ------------------
> Undoubtedly, if we thought about it long and hard enough, we could
>figure it out. I'm sure it has a great deal to do with...
> "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW,"

[Symphony]

That's a good one, Forrest.  Thank you.

Someone correct me on this, but I remember hearing or reading somewhere that Dr. Spock reneged on or renounced much of what he had taught, at the end of his life(age 90?), but that it was, um, *a little late*, since by that time he'd already taught three generations of mothers...  

[Forrest]

      I don't know for sure, but I've heared the same.

        PS.  My parents found his books worked best when applyed to the seat of the problem.  

[Brother Love]

"WE REAP WHAT WE SOW"

Good Post

Thanks Forrest

Brother Love

[Willowbirch]

     I don't know for sure, but I've heared the same.

        PS.  My parents found his books worked best when applyed to the seat of the problem.  

[Whitehorse]

     I don't know for sure, but I've heared the same.

        PS.  My parents found his books worked best when applyed to the seat of the problem.  

My parents likewise applied the board of education to the seat of learning.

[nChrist]

Thanks Brother Forrest!

I almost cry every time I think about all the lost, hurting, crying, dying, and dead children over a 25 year police career.

I certainly don't believe in child abuse, injuring, or maiming children with punishment. On the other side of the coin is reasonable and loving punishment to bring a child up in the ways of the Lord. These ways are trusted, tried, and true. There is no irony that reasonable and loving punishment prevents things that are thousands of times worse than a 5 second stinging rear end. I don't consider it to be just a matter of love, rather also of duty to the child and to God.

Everyone pays a horrible price when we don't bring our children up in the ways of the Lord.

Love In Christ,
Tom

[Willowbirch]

Prov. 22:6 "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it."

[Reba]

Cool Post !

This is  only slighty  around topic!

About 1983 a  kid went into a school in Las Vagas and shot a teacher, that is about all i rememeber of what happened because the same day all that   hit the news.... My son was at  highschool , he heard the night watchman's wife screaming "My house is on fire and i cant find my baby" he ran to the house turned the power off grabbed the water hose went in puttting out fire heading to the hottest area found the  toddler in the closest wet him down called to the mother to come and get him... Jr stayed there putting out the fire tell the fireman tapped him on the sholder and said time to go... the school sent him to the hospital just to be safe. Not a word in the paper or TV, i woundered as i was hearing about the 'shooter' how many other kids have saved a life that day...

[Whitehorse]

Wow-these are great posts.

[Ambassador4Christ]

Wow-these are great posts.

DITTO

[nChrist]

Oklahoma Howdy to Reba,

You make an excellent point about the deeds of our best young people not making the news. Good news evidently doesn't sell newspapers. Instead, the news media actually glorifies and makes celebrities out of bad young people. I would be happy to pay extra for a newspaper that buried the shooter on page 12 and gave the front page to the young man who saved the baby in the fire. We should be recognizing and encouraging the good.

I've always thought the weakest and most cowardly young people were gang members, dopers, and thieves. The toughest kids in school are the ones who stand alone, try to do good, make something of themselves, contribute to society, and make their parents proud. The whole community needs to pay attention to the good kids and encourage them along the way.

Reba, you put the soapbox out there for me to stand on.   I'll get off now and let someone else use it. By the way, I think the soapbox should be occupied night and day.

Love In Christ,
Tom

[Willowbirch]

Cool Post !

This is  only slighty  around topic!

About 1983 a  kid went into a school in Las Vagas and shot a teacher, that is about all i rememeber of what happened because the same day all that   hit the news.... My son was at  highschool , he heard the night watchman's wife screaming "My house is on fire and i cant find my baby" he ran to the house turned the power off grabbed the water hose went in puttting out fire heading to the hottest area found the  toddler in the closest wet him down called to the mother to come and get him... Jr stayed there putting out the fire tell the fireman tapped him on the sholder and said time to go... the school sent him to the hospital just to be safe. Not a word in the paper or TV, i woundered as i was hearing about the 'shooter' how many other kids have saved a life that day...

That's miserable, that the story of a hero could be neglected so. We can be so quick to focus on the bad, that we do not see the good.

P.S. Praise God for your son!

[Reba]

Thanks guys