Be Careful

Good Day to all! So, this entry was inspired by yet another intellectually stimulating conversation that my mother and I had not very long ago. We were talking about the fact that so many young girls don’t have positive male role models in their homes. This is true for young boys as well.

It’s so vitally important that young children grow up with positive male role models that are in their lives on a consistent basis. The preference is that these male role models are their fathers. If you think about it and consider the research, the relationships, or lack there of, that a girl has with her father parallels the type of relationships she will have with men in her adulthood. It is also apparent that a boy needs to see a positive male as an example of what being a man means. Our young men are so lost in present times due to the fact that they had no man to show them how to be a man.

So how do we break the cycle? I say simply, “Be Careful.” When you are choosing a man to spend the rest of your life with and procreate with, you must be sure that you all are equally yoked. The word tells us in 2 Corinthians 6:14, “Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?” Don’t be blinded by a man being nice, or hot, or having lots of money. Look at the inner man and see that his heart is turned towards Christ. Allow the Lord to send you the one that He made just for you.

It wasn’t until I stopped searching for the man that my flesh wanted when the Lord sent me my Boaz. We must completely submit ourselves to the Lord so that he can order our paths. I thought that I could make a man be exactly what I wanted him to be, but boy was I wrong!

For those of you that are already in situations in which the man has not stepped up to the plate in regards to the way that he interacts with his children, please find good male role models for them to interact with. There are lots of mentoring programs available to children today that can help. Maybe Big Brothers, Big Sisters is the way to go or maybe there is a family member that could help out in these instances. You know that old adage, “It takes a village to raise a child.” Well, it’s so true and we all must do our part to make the change that we want to see.

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Mommie Blessings,

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