Our second son has recently been engaging his circle of friends on the subject. Probably in part because of the recent change in our family. He tells us about conversations....and I just love how he holds them on point and keeps redirecting them to the scriptures and cautioning them to not make a judgment before study. He quotes proverbs 17:15 "He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD" as it is a serious matter and only God can define sin.
We laughed at home when he related how a couple of the girls joined the conversation....and one ignorantly stated "No woman would ever choose that."
Our son now knows two that did, and most anyone that knows me at all is/was aware that I wanted this for my life, husband, family, and that used to be hypothetical woman that might love "my" husband.
There is a book out there called "Shepherding a child's heart" but what is a husband but a shepherd to his wife? And what man that is happy and fulfilled in doing so could refuse another.....that wants to be under his care?
People in general like to pass the buck and avoid responsibility for the quality of their relationships. They want the pastor to take responsibility for deficiencies in their spiritual walk, blame their partner for marriage issues, and it must be someone else's fault if their relationships with their children are lacking. Honesty demands the opposite.
Our family was already different. Now we are just differenter.
