I frequent a moms message board. I don't post often - just read a lot, but late tonight after I was already in bed I decided to get up and post and I am hoping and praying I did the right thing. I prayed, "God please show me if I need to do this or not?" I started feeling kind of shaky which usually means God wants me to do something that is hard for me or it could mean that I am very emotional and am about to do something I'll probably regret. It was a toss up - but I went with it and posted. I decided to post it on here too and will update everyone on the replies I get. I titled the post "A thought provoking question for Christian mommies" but I am sure that others will open it that are not Christians. For the most part this a pretty liberal group of women. (by the way my name on this board is stina - gotta remain anonymous you know!)_Ok here's what I put:
Fellow Mommies who love Jesus,
I wanted to know if there are any other mommies on this board that have pondered this, or would like to respond to my thoughts. It is something I have debated asking on here for awhile but was apprehensive about the repercussions it might cause. There are topics that come up with the moms on this board that cause so much passion - such as the forward facing car seat issue thats been going on recently, others off hand include - solid foods too early, CIO debates, breastfeeding, just to name a few. Women say that they can't help but be vocal about these issues because they know how vital they are for childrens health and/or safety. And you know.... none of these things keep me up at night. I don't lay in bed at night worrying about Ovusoft moms that are doing things that don't line up with the AAP. But what does just pierce my heart and is making my hands shake so hard right now that I can hardly type is the fact that so many moms that love their children so much and are trying to keep them safe in every possible way - do not believe in Jesus Christ and are not teaching their children about Jesus Christ. Jesus has changed my life - I can feel Him, I can sense Him, he has taken away fear from me so many times, provided for me in miraculous ways, given me direction that could have only come from Him that lead to deliverance or opportunities for me in many areas of my life. Its not that I've just decided to believe the Bible - its that I have experienced him for myself and know without a shadow of a doubt that He is real and because of that I believe His Word - I believe that if you reach the age of accountability and do not surrender your life to Jesus Christ you will be separated from Him when you die and abide in the torment of hell forever. And because of this my heart is so heavy for children all over this world. There is a statistic, not sure what it is, but if you do not receive Christ before the age of 16 your chances of turning to him later on drop very significantly. We can breastfeed, answer their every cry, not let them eat fast food, make sure their car seats are always buckled in properly but..... if we don't teach them about Jesus Christ wow ........ how much more "risky" is that - eternally risky. Moms on here have said, they can't help but not speak out about what they feel is so important to children yet I have stayed quiet so so many times when it would have been on topic to share my belief of Jesus Christ and salvation. Is it because its not politically correct to talk about one "religion" being the only way and I don't want to offend? Is it because often times outspoken Christians seem to push people away from the Lord rather than drawing them to Him? Is it because I won't let myself stop and think about how absolutely life and death important this issue is? Its not just on this board - its in real life too. What should we as Christians do? Keep quiet and pray and hope that our life is "light" enough to reach people? Or be vocal and share our deep concern for the souls of everyone we come in contact with, knowing that we will be ridiculed and persecuted or even scarier push people even farther away from the truth. I couldn't sleep tonight asking myself these questions. So I got up to post this on here and on my blog. If any non-Christians opened up this post please know my heart - I feel the same away about my beliefs of Jesus Christ as many of you do about what you are passionate about. I don't want you to be angry. And Christian moms have you thought of this before - what do you think?
Thank you,
Stina
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