IT REALLY HAPPENS

“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”

Ephesians 6:4 KJV

I was watching a family movie but I had to shut it off because the dad got very angry and he started to beat his son because his son had broke the two bottles of whiskey he had in the house.  I couldn’t watch that little boy get beat yet it really happens.  There are children who run in terror to hide from their parents.

It’s not just dads who get angry and beat their children, there are moms who also get so angry they beat their children.  We, as parents, are to discipline our children when they are disobedient but we are not to beat them.  Not only does it hurt the children, it also hurts Jesus when we are mean to them.

We read in Matthew 25:40 that when we are kind and loving to people we are kind and loving to Jesus but when we are mean and hateful to people, we are also mean and hateful to Jesus.  After all that Jesus has done for us, He deserves to be treated with respect, kindness and love.

Joanne Lowe

November 18, 2016