Set Your Sights On Things Above
We so quickly get our eyes off God. Let's get back into
perspective.
perspective.
7/21/2015
The case of the Yelling Diner OwnerEveryone's talking right now about the diner owner who yelled at a child having a fit in her restaurant. There's even at least one article declaring it ok for a stranger to yell at someone else's child.
I sort of agree with that article. (I'm not going to link it here because it's got some language, but it isn't their opinion that I'm talking about anyway.) Here's a link to a news article about the situation: WCSH News Let me clarify my agreement with this statement - yes there sometimes IS something wrong with a stranger yelling at someone else's child. However, in this case, the child had been crying for 40 minutes with the parents doing absolutely nothing. So the discussion becomes whether or not someone else has the right to get upset when you're doing nothing to rein in your child's bad public behavior when it's interfering with other people's peace of mind. To be fair, the diner owner was behind a counter, and she spoke loudly toward the entire family, AFTER 40 minutes of screaming from said child. From what I understand it isn't as if she got in the child's face and screamed directly at her. That might be different. She put up with a little kid screaming for 40 minutes in her establishment, then finally had had it. I can understand this frustration. I understand that we need to not go around judging other moms, other parents...but there comes a time when we have to acknowledge that sometimes we could be doing something better, and there needs to be a time when we're willing to have it pointed out to us. It used to be the young families stayed with (or near) their elders, and the older parents could advise and correct the younger parents as they went along. This is no longer the case, and I think we're seeing the results. Younger parents are no longer willing to hear any sort of advice from older parents. We get offended when anyone dares tell us we might be doing something that would be better done a different way. How dare someone else tell me there might be a better way... Well true, no child is born with a parenting manual attached. But we have parenting manuals living in front of us in those people who have successfully raised kids and just might know a thing or two about what could work. Let people help you.
7/7/2015
#WakeUpAmericaAt one point in America, we were segregating water fountains - not just black vs white, but Irish immigrants too. We had businesses posting signs that said 'Irish need not apply.' There was rampant racism against Germans, Japanese, blacks...all sorts of people. We hustled innocent Japanese Americans into internment camps during WWII. Then there was the Red Scare in the 1920s and 1950s - for awhile there were 'witch hunts', people were locked up just on the suspicion of being a communist. My point? There have been several times in our history where America just frankly went crazy. Freedoms were trampled for awhile. Because we were operating out of fear. But you know what's different about our country? We're set up to overcome these failures of humanity. When the majority see that a minority are starting to take over, and that things are moving out of control, we're supposed to stand up and set things right again. It's happened before, and it can happen again. Things CAN be set right again, because we don't have a dictatorship here. No, I'm not worried, because God is in control. But God has also given us a responsibility here in America to stand up for what's right. He's placed us in a system where we can peacefully wrest control from the fearmongers and put it back in the hands of sane people once again. It can happen. So let's wake up and get busy. This is a Christian Women Writers Club just starting up. Go check its Facebook page out to see if it'd be something you'd like to take part in. There's a free side and a paid side, but the yearly paid membership is very reasonable for all the benefits you get. Critique, marketing support, webinars, and access to all sorts of successful independent and hybrid authors. Image from Pixabay.com
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AuthorI'm Sherry Chamblee, aspiring author of Christian fiction, mom of six, wife to a cool dude, and caregiver to his granny. Besides that, I am just little old me - it's just a phrase, I'm not really old, honest. Check out my new release!
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