Ep 13: Where Are Your Children?
What can an old TV PSA teach us about how we are raising our children?
Topic:
- What can an old TV PSA teach us about how we are raising our children?
Discussion Questions:
- Are we involved enough in our children's lives to know where they are spiritually?
- Are they on the right track?
- What can we do to make sure they stay there?
Speaker1: Hey. Good morning Sunday morning drivers. I hope you're having a fantastic day so far. And if you've been listening for a while, you know that I'm Daniel D'alp and this is for your Sunday morning drive. And if this is your first time listening, we are a short podcast designed to help put you in a Colossians three two mindset and prepare your mind for worship on those hectic Sunday mornings. Either way, thank you for making us a part of your Sunday morning routine. Be sure to check out the Ministry League Network through their app or Ministry league.com for more great podcasts to enrich your spiritual life. And before we get started today, I do have one simple request for your Sunday morning drive doesn't operate off of sponsorships. It's just simply a labor of love and to help us grow. I'd really appreciate it if you would take the time to give us a share with somebody that would enjoy the podcast and leave us a rating and review wherever you listen. Well, that wraps things up as far as announcements go. Let's start today's episode. This is episode 13. Where are your children? Let's go to church.
Speaker2: Are we there yet?
Speaker1: Are you old enough to remember this television tagline?
Speaker3: It's 10 p.m.. Do you know where your children are?
Speaker1: It's 10 p.m.. Do you know where your children are? This PSA campaign ran across various stations and networks in the late 1960s through the 80s, and some even continued to use it today. Its purpose was to get parents thinking about where their kids were at the end of the day, when some cities had enacted youth curfews, and in other situations, it was to remind parents to check in on their children in areas that had high crime. Now, admittedly, this PSA came and went before my time, but it was prevalent enough that it has become an often quoted touchstone of pop culture. Do you know where your children are? The message that was broadcast in the late evening hours was a call to confirm the well-being of your child, to make sure that everything was all right, to make sure that they were safe, to maybe go into their rooms and peer inside, hopefully to find them sleeping soundly in their beds. But if not, to bring them back into the security of your home because your home provides safety. And this got me to thinking about our Savior. We all know that it's Vacation Bible School VBS season for many congregations throughout the Brotherhood, and often we sing a song. Jesus Loves the Little Children. Scripturally, it's evident that Jesus cherished the little ones. Matthew 1913 through 14. Then some children were brought to him so that he might lay his hands on them and pray. And the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to me. For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.
Speaker1: Jesus told the disciples to not hinder the children from coming to him. And can you imagine a greater feeling as a parent than seeing your child right there physically with the master? Can you imagine the peace of mind that would bring? And that calls us back to the question do you know where your children are? Well, in the physical sense, I hope the answer to that question is yes. But much more importantly, in a spiritual sense. Do you know where your children are? And of course, we might not know the inner workings of their hearts, but we do know if we are bringing them up in the Lord as we should. Proverbs 22 verse six says, train up a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old, he will not depart from it. And I think it's important that we recognize that it's a general truth, as all proverbs are. Our children, of course, have free will, and one day they will have to decide for themselves to continue on the path that we have set them on. But what path is that? Are we confident that we know? For some of us, it's 10 a.m. on a Sunday? Do you know where your children are? Well, those are my thoughts for your Sunday morning drive. Now it's time to hear yours. These are our discussion questions for today. First, are we involved enough in our children's lives to know where they are at spiritually? And secondly, are they on the right track? What are we doing to keep them there?
