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Acceptance
When we are accepted by our family it gives us a firm foundation, and we
feel loved. When our friends accept us we feel good. When we are accepted
into a school of our choice we feel lucky. When we get our first job and our
peers accept us we feel happy. When we get married and our in-laws accept
us we are thankful. Acceptance is a very important thing. What happens when
just the reverse is true.
When we are not accepted by family, friends, peers, etc. When we feel
rejected by our families, schoolmates, fellow-workers, spouses, in-laws,
friends. When we feel left-out of things due to environmental problems etc.
What happens is in evidence around us every day. We have a society that is
rampant with drugs,school-shootings, crimes of all kind,immorality,and every
kind of evil that a godless culture engenders.
I'm simplifying this message for people who no longer read, but just scan.
The answer of course is God. He always was and will always be the answer.
The problem is that we have missed the boat when it comes to teaching our
children about what is real.
Since time began we have had fractured societies. Immorality and crime is
nothing new. However, what is new is the overall attitude of our nation. It
has become desensitized to a degree that provides an atmosphere for our
youth to do the unnacceptable. Therefore losing the acceptance of those who
matter most. Family, friends, etc.
Those of us who care, who claim a belief in God, had better put our heads
together to bring about a more godly culture. We have a duty to teach the
one fact that will make the difference. We must hammer home the truth that
God accepts us! No matter what state we are in or who we are, if we go to
God He will never reject us. God accepts all who call on Him,and is true to
His word!!! Our children must be taught that no matter what others say or
do, no matter how many rejections they encounter, God's acceptance is the
one that counts the most.
When we teach this message consistently, it will at least give our youth
some reassurance when they are forced to face the cruelty of rejection in
the world. Teach them that the one who was most cruelly rejected, the
expert on rejection, JESUS CHRIST, knows how they feel, and He loves them.
God must take priorty in our lives or we are a lost society.
Eileen T. Waldron