Heavy Thoughts
I was taking the subway to school one morning and sat down next to a family of 3: a father, a mother, and a boy who was maybe 4 years old. As we rode along, I watched as the father pointed out the mosques to his little boy as we passed them. (Yeah, our "subway" goes above ground some too.)
"Do you see that one? Look at that big one, son..."
I heard it over and over as we went along, and I just felt depressed. What was this kid being taught? What was his father modeling? In all fairness, maybe that guy never goes to the mosque and is just pointing them out to his son for a vocabulary lesson. If I had to guess, though, I'd say it goes much deeper than that.
How many children in how many countries around the world are taught lies? How many kids are being trained into pagan worship? Whole generations of people taught lies from birth...how hard that must be to overcome! How are they to change when they have never heard the truth? All their lives they hear lies. They'll grow up, worship whatever they've been taught to worship, and teach their kids to do the same. It's a horrible cycle.
I watched the dad and his son for a while, said a prayer for the kid, and got off the subway to go to school.
What a blessing, what a BLESSING to grow up in the truth. Pray for those that don't have that blessing.
