Parenting and Religion

There are so many things going on in the world today, that when most of us middle aged or older people were children, we never would have imagined happening. With advances in technology that could make your head spin if you try to keep up, diseases that were never even heard of thirty years or so ago, and a world in such disawray and disagreement that you never know when a major war or attack will happen, or even where, there are some things we can pray about, seek God’s wisdom on, and make decisions about ahead of time.
One of those things is new medications and new immunizations.
I have never been big on having my kids receive every immunization available, and have gotten into many disagreements with doctors over my stand against certain ones. Then, I have also been praised and even applauded by pharmacists for standing against them.
I guess there isn’t even real agreement in the medical world about what is best, so what are we as Christian parents to do?
Ask God. Don’t think I am a fanatic or anything (even though I might be..lol), but I believe that He will lead us with peace and wisdom when it comes to doing what is best for our own kids. I also believe that just because I think something is best for my kids, doesn’t necessarily mean that the same thing is best for your kids.
Another thing that you might want to consider praying about and making a decision about now, is the government changes that will be taking place, I believe very soon.
There are things going on behind the scenes that we don’t know about. Where will you stand when your religious freedoms and liberties are threatened?
Being told that you may go to prison for reading the Bible to your children, or making them go to church, may actually happen within our lifetime. Where will you stand?
Using wisdom simply means that you pray, and let God speak to your heart on these and other matters.
Dan and I made decisions about how we would raise our kids before we had kids. We decided that we would never tell them they are ‘bad’, or talk down to them. We have been able to stick by it because we knew ahead of time what we would and would not do.
The same principle can be applied to anything in the future.
It is never too early to begin asking God what He will want you to do if……