Wishing you all dear Children a very
happy Children’s Day!
I really hope the word
"happiness" still rings with meaning as the pandemic has muted all
celebrations dampening the spirits. Childhood has its share of carefree joy and
minimal set of responsibilities that every adult envies. But with the world's
demands and nature's prodigies one wonders will the frivolity of childhood be a
thing of the past.
Today, children are trained and
instilled in their tender minds that life is all about studying, aim for high
scores academically, pursue a high paying job and earn lot of money. All along
they are also taught that they have to achieve this with their own personal
strengths, never once teaching them that they are God's masterpiece and it's
important that they start giving Him due adoration in early stages of life.
For parents it has always been a rat
race to somehow make their children excel than other children in every aspect,
hopping and dragging them from one practice session to another, all along
neglecting the fact that their Heavenly Father is longing for His children to
have a relationship with Him. As parents we have failed and robbed our God of
His glory and we are forcing our children to do the same unconsciously and at
times intentionally. As of now children have heroes who are dangerously flawed
and who teach them that they can live an immoral life and can still get away
with it if you have loads of money. Today, if children are into drugs,
unrestricted gaming and watching prohibited content, it is because we as adults
have failed in our responsibility as parents.
How many of us as parents taught our
children what morality is? Have we taught them not to cheat? Yes, you heard me
right. Today, with online exams, due to the pandemic, has revealed blatant disregard
for integrity, with children cheating at the drop of a hat. I am sure this will resonate if you are a teacher reading
this article. There have been instances where mothers' group chats in WhatsApp
discuss how they can lie to the school authorities for late submission of
projects. Parents are even pampering their children to the extent of writing
the online exams for them. If our own morality is skewed, what will we teach
our children? Do we as parents even realise that we are harming our children to
the point of distorting their view of God and morality? Then why do we lament
when our children don't make it in life or worse because of all our pressure
push them to take their own life?
If we as parents do not clean up our
act and live a life close to God, then our children will only end up having
movie stars and mafia Don's as heroes. Parents need to understand we are the
heroes for our children. The Bible says that children are an inheritance from
God. It means that we leave a legacy. But it weighs heavily upon us as to
decide what that legacy would be. With the help and guidance from God we need
to be the hands of God that shapes these tender minds and hearts directing them
towards a Heavenly Father who 'fearfully and wonderfully' made them for a purpose.
We will be responsible for destroying the purpose of their lives because of our
stupidity and rebelliousness and God will hold us accountable.
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