8/29/14 Brothers: have respect for our ladies! Ladies: If a man hits you, he doesn’t love you; and if you love him, you need to deprive yourself of that experience (Its not love) because you can do better! I am prompted to write this because one of the prominent African American football players appeared on the national news as a result of an assault inflicted on his mate. (I do not recall whether it was his wife or girlfriend.) Either way, it is a “No No.” The NFL decided to stiffen penalties for its players who abuse women. Ladies, you do not need NFL’s help. Help yourself! Dump the dude. If you continue in a relationship with a man who abuses or curses you – 99 times out of 100, it will get worse before it gets better. A lot of men see women as simply a “booty call.” (I can use the term because my pastor used it in a Sunday morning sermon.) You are better than that! No man is better than a man who abuses you! If you are unfortunate enough to have a child or children together, your proper self esteem and the court system can ensure that your offspring enjoy at least a modicum of a relationship the child. Use the courts to ensure that the father pays child support. Don’t fall for the line I hear on television programs where the guy says he buys the baby this and that. The baby needs a lot more than “this and that.” It would be ideal if the child had a good relationship with the father; but you do not need to lay your life and/or dignity on the altar of physical abuse. A lot of children grow up without a good relationship with their father and they do well. In most of those circumstances, you, the mother, are the best thing the child has going for himself/herself. Love your children. You can do without the relationship of an unappreciative man easier than the child can do without your love. Also, do not attempt to use the children as a “bargaining chip” in your effort to have a relationship with a man. If he were a real man worth having, that would not be necessary. God bless you. Sunday is coming. Go to church. Say your prayers. Teach your children to pray. Read the Bible to them. The Christmas Narrative is a good place to begin. (Matthew 1:18-25) Then, tell them the story of David and Goliath (I Samuel 17). Tell them the Bible story about how, because a little boy was not selfish, gave his lunch to Jesus who blessed it and fed 5,000 men in addition to women and other children. (Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:30-44; Luke 9:10-17 and John 6:1-14) any one of those passages makes a nice bedtime story for your children. Read all four passages and embellish the story by taking details that may not be in one but is in the other. Your children will love it! Your Facebook Pastor
Posted on: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 01:46:02 +0000
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