what is worse?
1.) New policies that require our children to learn that there are sexual "preferences", in structured classes, this is CURRICULUM folks. And that those policies include clauses making it more difficult for parents to pull children from those specific classes, if they should desire to teach their children truth about sexual preversions and how God actually designed us to be.
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2.) alleged terrorist plans in nearby Toronto.
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wow. this world is crazy.
i'm so glad we have a standing stone, a ROCK on solid ground that keeps us from turning to and fro in this disaster we (collective; human race) have created in our sinfulness.
"I love you, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rcok, in whom i take refuge." psalm 18:1-2
posted by Sue @ 3:35 PM
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12 Comments:
Sue, where did you hear about this stuff? Wow.. Things are so scarry!
Praise the Lord for our safty, and for being there for us.
The Lord will see us through these times!
Crazzzzyyyyness. I have to say that i worry about bombs and such. We have a large building across from us, and near to us is the legislative building, where they often do gun solutes on special days, or fireworks and stuff... sometimes the sounds echo off the loud building and i think there are bomsb going off in winnipeg. Dave thinks i am nuts, but i worry.
I am glad though, that if i die from bombings that heaven awaits me! So, i have to say that i think bombings are worse that 'sexaul preference' classes. I think our children will grow up facing homosexuality daily. They will probably have friends who are homosexual, and my hope is that they learn to share Christ's love with them in a non-judgement way. Yup, i would rather see Corrina loving her homosexual friends than hearing about anyone, anywhere, for any reason being killed by a bomb.
As you said sue, God is our rock, through all changes in our culture, good and bad, and he is a rock of love and security and goodness.
Glad to know you are getting better, and i just love the pic of julia being a kitty! She just needs a headband with ears and i think she would pass for a real little kitty kat! Is she walking fine now that her cast is gone?? Are you saving the cast? I think i might save something like that.. maybe tuck it it the back of the baby book! tee hee.
Take care, stay away from the flu.
Janers
I have to say, I think it's better for our kids to learn about sexual preferance in the classroom than in the school yard.
Perhaps manditory classes will lead to further discussion at home, and open a channel for communication. I may not agree with what they're teaching, but I certainly don't agree with pretending it doesn't exsist and ignoring it. That hasn't worked very well in the past.
(Don't worry, I still love Jesus!)
-Dave
i am not for classes on sexual preferences.
i don't think that our kids need to learn about sex from people who distort it.
i also don't agree with ignoring that sexual "preferences" exist. that doesn't work.
my idea: talk about sex and allow kids to understand the biblical response (love) with the truth (these 'lifestyles' are not GOd's plan for us).
i guarentee that schools will not help our kids respond with love to people that are blinded by sin. our problem is we sway to one side of the pendulum: don't talk at all, or talk too much (hello, the 60's). God is the only one that has absolute balance and that is what i want to strive for. (as if i'll ever get there. ha. but that is my goal)
pooor Janie, don't worry about bombs. :) but i totally understand.
it is one of those strange things that sits in the back of your mind ... especially after reading news articles riddled with crazy events in our cities.
yikes.
what are we humans doing to ourselves??
Ok, to join in a little friendly debate...
I think that both terrorist plots and public sex education are bad in their own ways...one threatens us physically, the other potentially threatens our children's belief system...if they don't have a solid foundation.
The other day our pastor said something worth putting into practice: let's let our kids hear about sexuality first at church and at home, not on the schoolyard, or at school. Churches need to talk about it! The way God designed it, not mixed with lies...kids need to learn what they stand for, and then understand what they stand against, instead of the other way around...just my little rant.
Dave says to sarah: "I like it! But, as a coordinator for a children's program it scares the crap out of me!"
A very hard thing, but a necessary thing. I hope we can give our kids a good foundation and thus they can have an opinion without being defensive, which unfortunatley is often interpreted as being judgemental. It actualy reminds me of how i felt in high school while learning about macro-evolution. I thought it was crap because i believe that God did all the making and creating. I know science doesn't hold the same moral issues as sexuality and how we choose to use it. But, because i learned from different sources (church, school, friends, family) i was more aware and better able to form an educated opinion.
I am glad that they still talk about abstinence as an option and the 'best form of birth control' in school (at least when i was in high school, in my particular class). I hope they will still deliver that message, not for the sake of the kids who have heard it from parents, christian friends, and church, but for the sake of those who haven't.
I find the issue of sexual preference very difficult to have a completely formed answer about because i have not had too many people in my life who have felt they were homosexual, but there have been a few precious friends,who are also Christians and i respect them, and their relationship with God. I have lots of learning left to do, and lots of praying. One thing i have learned though is that sometimes (i stress sometimes) it is a symptom of other issues and it takes alot of healing for people to work through it.
This child rearing things is going to be challenging, but a good challening!
janers
totally.this parenting thing in a challenge. whew. i was so tired after parenting yesterday, and then my brain had to fire up to understand what God wants me to do as a mommy for today.
Sarah:
tough. but necessary.
i totally agree that both of the issues i brought up are bad in their own, different ways. i like your pastor's solution. i agree. i agree. there is just something wrong about sending six year old jimmie to school with one foundation, and having a trusted teacher give him a second foundation to stand on. it is too confusing. In high school, now that is another story. by then, i think we just have to trust God that we gave our kids a good start in the Word, and that we left lines of communication open. but in elementary, it is TOTALLY messing with the foundations and biblical training we are imparting to our kids.
tell them at home. teach them God's word. good points sis. :)
Janers: i hope they still teach that abstinence is the best option. However, lately i've heard of other means of keeping the teen preg. level down. ug.
i agree with the "not formed opinion yet". i come across strong, but i haven't had the oppotunity to be friends and care for another that is confused sexually. it doesn't necessarily change how i feel about schools telling our kids what is 'normal and okay'. but it would probably make me more gentle in my approach. :)
thanks for the wee discussion folks. :) it feels good to talk about issues and events in between all the pleasant baby talk eh??
love.
Wow Sue, why did you start such a small topic? 'Wee discussion'? Eeeks.
On terrorists...the more religious muslims get, the more fanatical they become. Alot of these guys were from the same mosque...extreme Islam hates all who will not convert to Allah. That means Jews, Christians, atheists. Our country is an open door...this is a nice wake up call...there will be more. These are just the ones that got caught. You know that old saying...if you see one mouse in your house you know there are thirty more where that one came from. at least mice don't plot to blow up your house. :)
On sexual 'preference'...I just read in the Province about the comic book that is coming out with a new batwoman. She is a 5 foot ten inch lesbian. And the Barbie website has a questionaire for little girls that asks if you are a girl, boy, or "don't know". Is that putting suggestions in their heads or what?
My firned's little girl is in pre-school and made a nice little friend. Turns out this little girl has 2 mommies. So now what? This is when you need God's wisdom. Do you want your 4 year old to even know there is an "option'? What a world.
As for schools teaching this...it depends on your school board. Ours teaches abstinence. As for teaching that in church but freaking out about it(I hear ya), find a Christian nurse that will come and talk to teens.
re: teaching kids one way and then sending them out to school to be taught the worldview...yes, I agree. So let's teach them intelligently at home and sunday school...instead of teaching them just the Bible stories and sending them off to school to hear the "scientific version" of evolution, let's teach them about intelligent design and why evolution cannot be true and give them the tools they need to think critically and stand for the truth. There's always homeschool. Look into our education system and how it's becoming increasingly more 'global' in that it is controlled by the atheists who rule this world...how can we continue to send our precious kids into that?
Most importantly, pray for your children...unless the Lord returns very soon, the world they are growing up into is going to be nasty. They will have to stand for the truth like we have no idea.
Enough said. Next time pick a more shallow topic Sue. These big ones are too disturbing. Let's all go bury our heads now...
...but not to fear, we dwell under shelter of the Most High God...greater is He who is in us than he that is in the world...and the last page of His book says that He wins...amen
amen.
yeah, sometimes i just poke my head up from the sand and get wacked by some topics like this. haha. i just like to think about these things, i don't necessarily have to decide my final position on things right now, but i like to get my brain working. mostly because these things matter. i need to know about what the bible says in order to point my kids in the right direction. i need to be able to impart to my children the words of Christ. it isn't easy. because it makes me feel all hot-flashy and anxious. "what will people think?" and "how will i know what to teach my kids?" and "what DOES God really want us to do in this situation?"
aaaah. good thing there is just one Bible, one true God and one Truth that we have to submit to and pray hard for wisdom.
:) thanks for partaking in our discussion. :)
Some discussions simply cannot be resisted. :)
As parents, you will have those struggles(as I am discovering)til you leave this earth. We just do the best we can with what we are given. God will tell you. Just obey Him, don't worry what people will say. I've done that too many times.
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