August 26, 2019 - When I looked out our "Bird Window" this morning, a war was going on between the adult birds and their young fledglings. Every time the young birds tried to get fed by their Mother, they were violently pecked and chased away… sometimes with loss of a few feathers. At first, I sympathized with the terrified little fledglings, but then I understood that the adults were just saying to them: "You’ve been shown how to feed yourselves, now go do it." Then I started feeling for the adults.
The Apostle Paul taught us to "earn more so we can give more," but that means give to those who CAN’T work... not to those who WON’T work. Lazy people are given a special charge: "For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat." (2 Thessalonians 3:10) Even the birds know that fledglings won’t ever feed themselves as long as you do it for them. Work is good for us and Jesus was a worker: "But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work." (John 5:17)
So are we teaching our children to serve… or to be served? Maybe we should show our little ones some TOUGH LOVE like the birds do. That’s what we will do…
… if we really love them.
