Mamma Mia

I know it's a late blog, but .....

Why is it that many woman have babies like crazy and yet don't take care of them?
I have always wanted a child of my own. Not that the two I have been blessed with through my man are not enough, mind you, but I am just bothered by something....

Don't these woman understand that the children suffer because of it. I still can see the residual effects of it from my children's mother and her selfishness and neglect. She is much better now with the two she has with her new husband, but she can't go back and fix the brokenness my daughter feels. She can't go back and fix the emptiness and mistrust my son feels toward every one. Her oldest son that lives with her has issues similar to my son's and I have great pain for him. So many things that were done to him; so many things similar to how she treated my son.

There is this little girl I know. Her mother has placed a huge burden on her. She has been cooking and cleaning and doing the job of a mother for years. She is a teenager now. She is hurting. And to top it all off her own mother only cares about herself.

How can God allow such things to happen? I just don't understand. Children are a gift from God, a blessing. Why can't these mothers see that.

There are so many other women I know that cannot have children. I hurt for them because I know all these other women who treat children as money bags and daddy toys and slaves. It makes me both sad and angry. So sad I want to cry and so mad I want to reach out and touch someone! But then what good would that do.

So... what to do .... what to do....
Well, I think understanding is key.
There is a reason why these women just pop out babies and then take no responsibility for them and expect the babies to take care of them.
I think loving them is important. Because I think a lot of these women have babies in order to have someone to love them back.
I think helping them to understand the concept of unconditional love is important.
That can be done through showing them who Christ is and what he did for us.
That can be hard, because a lot of women know all about God and Jesus and claim to be saved and give you their life story, but aren't necessarily living it.

So ... what to do ... what to do ...
I think being patient is key.
Understanding their point of view.
Perspective is everything.
We don't always see the same thing the same way.

Take a movie for example.
After we watch it together, you may have seen and noticed something I didn't.
If you've watched Vantage Point, you'd definitely notice something that I may not necessarily notice.

Really, I don't know. Because I can't do the job of the Holy Spirit. I can only do the work of the Lord, and that is to Love one another as Christ loved me; even though I was a schmuck.
and I can still be one at times ...

So. So. Be in prayer for me and my fam as I continue to show my children's mother what love looks like. Be with me in prayer as I begin a relationship with this young teenager, in order to build report with her in order to one day counsel her mother and possibly her. Be with me in prayer as my daughter begins to cultivate a friendship with this beautiful girl. Be with me in prayer for all the mothers out there who think children are born to somehow bring them happiness and fulfill their needs.

Thank you.
May the Lord honor your prayers.