Let the Little Children   

Following are excerpts from a column by Andree Seu Peterson,

troubled by what adults allow - intentionally or not - children to see.  

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   "Here is what I know about the afterlife: There will be 'a severe beating' 

or 'a light beating' awaiting those who frolicked while the Master was away
 (Luke 12:47-48), depending on degree of sin. 

   "And the deepest darkness is reserved for those who 'cause one of these little ones to sin: It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea' (Luke 17:2). 

   "We are all about the children in this country. Except when we are not. We're about children except when we want a divorce, or when we want to have an abortion. 

   "Or except when we do whatever we want to do and call it art and say it's up to moms and dads to monitor their children's viewing habits."

   From Revelation 22:10-12, she quotes the Lord himself: 

   Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, because the time is near. 
Let him who does wrong continue to do wrong; let him who is vile continue to be vile; let him who does right continue to do right; and let him who is holy continue to be holy. 

   Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done. NIV 

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   Why would Mrs. Peterson write about judgment? Maybe, because without her knowledge a relative took her young son to see The Silence of the Lambs. He didn't sleep well for a week, and the images are somewhere in his brain for life. 

   As for divorce and abortion, above, there is grace and forgiveness for those of us who repent of these and many other sins, and seek the Lord and Savior. Jesus' final words in the Book offer the "tree of life," while his stern warning to wrong doers needs to be heeded. 

      Jimmy