Do Something
Good Morning,
I remember the first year of our church, 1982, when a dad came to me and said that his elementary school-age son came home saying his teacher had announced that he was “gay.” The dad was angry, but the dad left the boy in the school. He should have pulled the boy out and contacted every other parent and urged them to do the same. No students, no problem.
As a child, I remember the mini-skirt and hippie long hair that moved into our Southern California culture. I was little, but I heard frustrated comments from parents and teachers. Still, no one did anything.
In our school, there is no long hair on boys or mini-skirts on girls because they are not allowed to attend if they do. Make a rule, act upon wrong, and “DO SOMETHING!”
Ecclesiastes 8:11 “Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.”
I have to assume this (for I was not brought up in a church-going home), but I would guess that when laws were passed saying the Bible and prayer were not allowed in the classroom that Christian parents were angry.
In these situations, the trouble was that the parents who felt strongly but did nothing. Recently, the dad of a public high school student said his daughter told him that in her school it was not “cool” to like the opposite gender. Dad was unhappy, but did nothing about the problem. Many private schools exist, and homeschooling is also an option in our society.
As in the political arena, people do not know what to do, but they should care enough to do something. I would rather my child not learn to read and write than to sit at the feet of someone who convinces children to question their gender. If the skirt is too short, and it is your daughter, tell her to put on something else. If the hair is too long on your son, let him know that if he hopes to eat and sleep in your house that he needs to get a hair cut. We all know the public school system is filled with perversion and educational failure; pull your children out of that school.
If the parents of the 50s and 60s had pulled their children out of school over the loss of Bible and prayer, schools would have changed. Tolerance cultivates the fruit of shame in our culture. Establishing the family in a decent church would also help. If the preacher will not stand for right and against wrong, then you need to act and find another church. If need be, move to another city, but by all means, have your family in a solid, separated, Bible-preaching church. If you do that, a good portion of your difficulties will be cured.
If people die and go to Hell, we need to preach Jesus, publicly and in pulpits. If moral perversion bothers us, then we need to shut off the television when shame is placed in front of us. “DO SOMETHING!” If the tantrum that the two year-old is throwing bothers you, act upon it. If you do not know what to do, find someone who does (the answer will not be found in a psychology office).
Tolerance causes wrong to multiply. A lack of correction teaches those involved in the situation that if they hold out through the frustrated and angry words, they will get their way. Inaction trains wrong behavior.
Wait until Jesus comes; we will see action! Until then, we have a responsibility to act. Abraham did not tolerate conflict among his people so he told Lot to move. David, on the other hand, was angry about the actions of Amnon and Absalom, but he did nothing, and endless hurt followed.
Psalm 101:7 “He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight."
“DO SOMETHING!”
Pastor