It’s a Shame!

I used that phrase a number of times at a homeschoolers convention last week as I talked with parents about resources we’ve created for 6- to 12-year-olds. It is a shame that we have to have tracts on swearing, cheating, abstinence, and divorce, but we deal with children every day who are faced with these issues.

As responsible Christians, we need to give our children the Biblical view of how to deal with cheating, for instance. What do you do with the temptation to look on someone else’s test for answers or plagiarize someone’s paper from the internet and call it yours? In Leviticus 19:13, God gives a directive that states the case. “You shall not cheat your neighbor, nor rob him.” Taking an answer from your neighbor’s paper is the same as taking money. It’s not yours. It doesn’t belong to you.

Making sure a child knows how he will deal with an issue before it arises often stops the temptation in its tracts! The child knows how they will respond when the problem is staring them in the face. But, it is a shame that sin has to cause us to create these materials. 

What I’m really thankful for is the opportunity to refute what satan tells our children today. Through Scripture we can bring to light the depths of sin and what its continued use will bring.

So yes, it is a shame that we have to create resources like these, but I’m thankful for the Word of God that shines a light through each and every tract we have! Amen!