I had a long dinner with Fiu See and Grace. Not me, but another Grace. That dinner turned out to be an eye opening occasion for me. The conversation literally revolved around the life of an 8 year old child. Did I just say 'child'?
You should have heard what I did. I dread to know what will happen to children of this generation. I am paralysed by fear, really. There is so much peer pressure, BGR and materialistic worldviews going on under their skin. I don't even know how to summarise the conversation. Mind boggling. I am worried for this girl, and the rest of the girls.
What went wrong? Are we truly getting to them through our ministry efforts? Are the children practising what we are preaching? Or is it that we preach too much too often that they don't see real examples in our lives and therefore have no holy and right examples to follow?
Imagine an 8 year old telling you about having a boyfriend and fighting with her best friend for him at the same time! Why does she want a boyfriend? Just because in her she does not have a perfect friend. TV? Where did she get the idea that there can only be ONE friend who is perfect? Minus, Jesus that is.
Besides the TV, I don't know where else she has absorbed these things from. I guess observation of us, the adults too?
blow blow,
gracey
You should have heard what I did. I dread to know what will happen to children of this generation. I am paralysed by fear, really. There is so much peer pressure, BGR and materialistic worldviews going on under their skin. I don't even know how to summarise the conversation. Mind boggling. I am worried for this girl, and the rest of the girls.
What went wrong? Are we truly getting to them through our ministry efforts? Are the children practising what we are preaching? Or is it that we preach too much too often that they don't see real examples in our lives and therefore have no holy and right examples to follow?
Imagine an 8 year old telling you about having a boyfriend and fighting with her best friend for him at the same time! Why does she want a boyfriend? Just because in her she does not have a perfect friend. TV? Where did she get the idea that there can only be ONE friend who is perfect? Minus, Jesus that is.
Besides the TV, I don't know where else she has absorbed these things from. I guess observation of us, the adults too?
blow blow,
gracey
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