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Re: What is the "inner comforter"?

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Date Posted: 12:03:39 03/15/01 Thu
In reply to: Relo from StL 's message, "What is the "inner comforter"?" on 06:10:31 03/15/01 Thu

>It isn't self. It's God. Listen to Him. Obey His
>leading. A failure to do that is 'rebellion'.

This is True. If I don't pay attention & 'rebel' I am in turmoil.

>>It's not a rebellion against 'God' It's more a
>>trusting for the inner comforter as a guide. For some
>>love comes naturally.....or maybe I was taught as a
>>child.
>>
>> (snip)
>>
>>Maybe I was thinking of the derogatory implication of
>>self-centered.....Both children were content and
>>happy. A baby can be called self centered because
>>they are learning so much in early part of life.
>>First few weeks are around the clock care.....It seems
>>the attention they recieved early on came back later
>on.
>
>They are content and happy because you have shown them
>love and trained them. Had you not done that, they
>would have turned out evil. That is what comes
>naturally if you, the parent, don't teach them
>otherwise.

Hadn't thought of that. Either prune them lovingly or let them grow like weeds.

>Which brings us around to what started this thread.
>Why are we seeing so much evil from children these
>days (i.e. shootings in school)? Parents have failed
>to train these children to choose good. They have
>failed to love them as God intended. We can go on and
>list lots of reasons, but the biggest reason I can see
>is that the parents simply don't accept the reality
>that man is basically evil and that they must look to
>God and His teachings for their guidance.

Okay, that can be a part of it. There's only the first 5 years if that, a parent actually has to have the greatest influence in teaching.

I taught my kids that if you give something to God you have Good, and if you take something from the devil you have evil. Imagine what would happen before you take action see it thru. What would be the outcome.

They were around lots of guns as children.....Their Dad & I divorced when they were 5 & 6. He was a gun collector. Whatever he taught them about guns & how I don't know. But I told them that I trusted that they knew about guns, but any friend they knew that came around didn't. It is the friend that was the potential danger, and to never, never touch a gun unless they were with me or their Dad. That's how accidents can happen. Course there was a lot of Media even then, lives lost, children killed.

Today, we still have the Media. What kids at School discuss I can only imagine. But the highlight isn't the accidents, it's the intentional shootings.

Parents need to listen to their children and guide them thru this. If they are left on their own to consider what's happening.....I wonder which School could be next.

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