Random musings

One of my deepest desires for my children is that they should know God. That, they should be able to experience His love and grow strong in faith. Not because I'm super religious or because it seems like the right thing to do, but because without God, life is meaningless.  I have seen close members in my family, who struggle with accepting God and understanding things related to God. It started in their childhood with the parents who didn't see the value in introducing the child to a church where they were actually taught something. I wish parents would see the importance of teaching children at the right time, or it is sometimes too late. With my 4 and 1/2 year old son, I have found that it is difficult for him to grasp a concept like God. It is not tangible, and since he cannot see it, it's hard to explain. I totally understand that one wouldn't be able to take a bible and bombard a four year old with it.  Yet, when I hear him saying things about God and

If you want to start off your day with opinions, stupid ones specifically, Facebook statuses are the way to go.  Here's one interesting status that a lady posted on facebook.  Got a vagina? Yes? - then you may have an opinion on women's reproductive rights. NO? - Then shut up! She got quite a few female supporters. Uh-huh. Here are a few -  If the guy is pro-life, I respectfully suggest working to reduce war, reduce environmental pollution, improve industrial safety regulation, eliminate guns, etc. Many, many lives are lost needlessly there than via the wombs of unwilling women.  What irks me the most is when regulations are forced on us women - first its contraception, then shutting down clinics, then not permitting Obgyns to have admission rights in hospitals, then limiting morning after pills age limits, then say that legitimate rape is a valid exception.   Men's intolerance to women's reproductive freedom is not just hypocritical but fundament

King David was called a man closest to God's heart. Many of David's prayers - the Psalms are confusing to me. Why is David spewing vengeance and wishing bad things on his enemies? That seems like an anti-thesis of what Christ exemplified, to love one's enemies. To do good to the ones that hurt you. Yet, the Psalms has verses like these - Psalms 58:3-8 Even from birth the wicked go astray;     from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies. Their venom is like the venom of a snake,     like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears, that will not heed the tune of the charmer,     however skillful the enchanter may be. Break the teeth in their mouths, O God;     Lord, tear out the fangs of those lions! Let them vanish like water that flows away;     when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short. May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along,     like a stillborn child that never sees the sun. Psalms 55:15 Let death take my enemies b