Reflections

The whole AWARE saga has made me think really hard about my Christian walk and role as a Christian parent. Would I be a Christian who does not dare to voice out my objections on what is wrong and immoral in order to be politically correct and blend with the majority so as not to be offensive or seen as being an activist?

Would I compromise to the world's standards of human rights which accepts and see homosexuality as neutral and in so doing so passively imply to my children that I condone and find such behaviour acceptable? What kind of parent would I be??

I feel it is saddening that we as Christians do not have the guts to speak out and stand up for what we believe in. Instead we condone what is unacceptable in the guise of "loving the sinner". Yes love the unreached but that does not mean we ACCEPT it or see it as something NEUTRAL.
As a parent, I realize that I would have succeeded NOT if my children go to an elite school or become lawyers etc or have excellent grades. Instead, it is if my children have the courage to stand up in a society for what they believe in despite adversities or persecutions that they face. If my children have the courage to stand up for the Lord even if they are the minority and be proud of themselves for standing by what is right even if others may laugh at them. If my children have the fear of the Lord.... I know we have done our roles as Christian parents.

I was sitting in the bus with Dan the other day and we overheard a father talking to his son,
" Do you want to be a blue collar worker or white collar worker?"

This led the son to actively tell his dad that he should do this and that so that he would not be a "blue collar" worker.

I was honestly appalled. I am not being self-righteous but it made me think really hard that I have to teach my children that its not about what you do in society or how much money you earn that makes you a good person. What's the point of earning so much money but your life is in a mess? What's the point of working to gain the approval of man but we lose that of the Lord in our values and in our actions towards others? I would honestly prefer my child to be a humble soul with the fear of the Lord which is the beginning of all wisdom. That is the greatest wealth that Dan and I can impart to our children and we pray for the Lord's strength in helping us to do so.

"For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" Matthew 16:26