Warning: Read At Your Own Risk!!

My four year old granddaughter, Gabi, has been in preschool now for the past few months.  She is learning stuff like the letter "A" and the sound it makes as well as an example of that sound in a word, such as Apple.  She has learned all of her vowels and is now beginning her consonants.  So far, she has mastered the "A" for apple, the "E" for elephant, the "I" for ice cream (I like that one), the "O" for ostrich, the "U" for umbrella and now the "T" for table.

She is also learning some valuable social skills in interacting with the other students like taking turns or sharing and just being nice to each other.

There are a few things that she is learning, however, that are quite disturbing.  Some things that have actually been made illegal in public schools (for obvious good reasons, of course).  So, be warned before I share this with you . . . some of this may be disturbing to you.  Read further at your own risk.

OK, you have been warned . . . so, here are a few of the horrible and illegal things she has learned so far:

"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." Genesis 1:1

• Can you imagine the horror as she discovered that everything did not just come together with a "bang" and that someone actually put some thought and effort and care into the creation of everything?? Oh my goodness.

"I am fearfully and wonderfully made." Psalms 139:14

• What? She actually learned that she was made wonderfully?  She is no accident? She is actually a creation of a great and mighty God?  How could they teach such garbage??

"The Lord is my Shepherd." Psalms 23:1

• OK, now this is just taking it too far!  They actually are telling her that this same God, who created the heavens and earth . . . the same God who created her . . . actually wants to be her Shepherd??  He wants to care for her.  He wants to guide her.  He wants to protect her.  Come on . . . this has just gone too far!

As if that is not enough . . . they are actually encouraging her to pray.  Yes, you read that correctly!  Pray while in school.  Not just pray for herself . . . but for others in her class and others outside of her class.  She has taken this "nonsense" back home with her and actually wants to pray for others every time she hears of someone hurting or having a need.  Can you imagine??

I can certainly understand why such activities were declared illegal in public schools.  We would much rather have our young boys thinking that they are the ones in control and our young girls getting their self-image from everyone else who thinks they are better.  I mean, all they need to do is to watch the television to see the half starving "role models" used in every commercial to see what they should look like.  And of course, we certainly don't need our children focusing on the needs of others . . . no, they have enough to just focus on their own needs.

Hopefully, you can see the sarcasm in all of this.  Yes . . . we have come a long way from when the schools were actually the same building as the church houses. . . prayer was the beginning of each school day . . . and the Bible was a major part of the teaching in school.  

Not only is Gabi learning these Bible verses . . . she actually has them memorized.  The scary thing is that she probably has more verses memorized than many who will read this blog!  Sure, we can memorize every player on our favorite football team along with all their stats.  Of course we can memorize every word of our favorite song. . . but the Bible???  

Psalms 119:11 says this, "Your word have I hidden in my heart, so I might not sin against you."  I don't know . . . but just maybe there might be some benefit in not only knowing the Word of God but actually memorizing it as well.  Imagine as Gabi has her first crush and eventually has her little heart broken (I pity the fool, who breaks my baby girl's heart . . . but that's another story).  But as she remembers the fact that she is wonderfully made . . . there is nothing that anyone can say that can change that.

So, just maybe we need to worry less about being politically correct . . . and just being right with God.

Just a thought. . . 

Bro. D