"As a young, single mom awakes and scrambles to get her and her child ready for the day, her dead beat baby-daddy is sound asleep far away. As she pays attention to every detail of her baby's face as she cleans the morning breakfast off, he is still asleep in bed refusing to go out into the cold. As she takes the child to someone else to watch so she can provide a future by going to college, he rolls over thinking about what fun he can have today. When afternoon becomes evening and she runs out of school and speeds to work trying not to be late, calling to check on her little one as she weaves in and out of traffic, he calls another friend to see if a trip to the local park is in order. As she enters work for the 6th day this week, he chills on his friends couch. As she sees the same walls for the past two years, he saw the last pay check from the sixth lost job this year. As she leaves work trying to figure out if she has enough money to buy food for her and her child, he is at a family members house eating dinner. As she lays her child down to sleep, he is inviting friends for this weeks new video game release. As she stays up into the wee hours of the night doing school work and stressing over whether she can even make it, he is up late partying and, game controller in hand, falls asleep as the sun comes up.... Young ladies this is reality, please choose your man wisely. Your baby's are precious but those dead beat dads are not." -T.
"While this post, if read by some, will be viewed as a personal attack, I can attest to the fact that this exact scenario applies to several young ladies I know personally. This post is not an attack on an individual, but a statement about a generation. This story plays out day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year, in the house next door, the apartment across the street, within a stones throw of us all. Two things NEED to happen: One, girls, stop giving your hearts (and bodies!) away to these little boys in men's clothing. Two, boys, GROW UP AND QUIT CLAIMING TO BE MEN UNTIL YOU'VE LEARNED TO TAKE ON THE TRUE RESPONSIBILITIES OF LIFE. BEING A MAN IS NOT ABOUT WHAT YOU DID YESTERDAY OR WHAT YOU MIGHT DO TOMORROW, IT'S ABOUT WHAT YOU DO EVERY TODAY, FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. MAN UP!" -H.
Guys, I am not saying that you are not allowed to have fun. I have nothing against someone enjoying sports, video games, music or other activities. But you need to take responsibility for the "fun" you've already had. Take a look in the Bible and see how God's Word defines a man. Look at the guidelines and characteristics taught by Jesus, the greatest MAN who ever lived.
Ladies, this "story" shows why it is so important that you also know what the Bible says about what a MAN is. Unfortunately, a greater portion of the burden lies on you, because regardless of what he or anyone else says, you will be the one raising an unplanned child.....usually alone.
Young people, the best solution to this problem is that "dirty word" society shies away from.....ABSTINENCE! A wise old man once told me, "Son, if you don't want to have to work a garden, don't go plantin' any seeds!" Well said, Dad!
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