Do any of you ever ask yourself why so many women, of all ages, are becoming more and more promiscuous in our society? Have you noticed the epidemic of sex crimes committed against our children? The reason I ask is because I am trying to grip an understanding of how it could bother so many of us, yet the numbers are still rising. We live in a world where sex is sold to anyone and children raise their parents, how did we get here? How can we change and mold the next generation of women and men? We can learn to raise them like royalty, our sons to be Kings and our daughters to be Queens.
I believe part of the reason is, we still choose to act like peasants while our children take notes. We give them a false sense of security and rape them of their innocence everyday. How, you ask? Everyday we get up, go to work, allow strangers to raise our children, and are shocked when our children end up defiled. We then align them with our social schedules, plop them in front of any electronic device, and allow the media to spoon feed them their morals, ethics and values. Let's face it America, we have turned our kids in for ill-gotten gain, and we are clearly paying the consequences.
I had a son at a very young age and all I could do was hurry him to his independence, which saddens me today because I will never get that time back. I still provide the same endearing love and guidance to him, but he is old enough now to make his own decisions; with our without my approval. He is my best friend and my first love, however; he had to watch me grow up and learn these skills. Now I have a little girl, and not a day goes by that I don't take every moment to be still and watch her in awe. To embrace her innocence with her, to laugh with her, to teach her, and take my time with her. She makes me a better human being, woman, mother, and business owner. Just to be in her presence gives me unimaginable power and strength that allows me to soar high above any problem. My spirit lights up knowing that she has been entrusted to me, and I can fill up this tiny sponge with anything I want. Unlike our society today, I chose to fill her with love, choices, independence, freedom, self esteem, morality, self worth and the desire to know her Savior. The perfect recipe for royalty, after all isn't that who we are?
What amazes me more is that I have learned through her the importance of being the right kind of mother. One who encourages, accepts, and allows her children to be who they are purposed to be; do you really think they belong to us? My daughter is a lover, a fighter, a creator, a leader, and a pure genius. This not because she is MY daughter, but because I encourage her to be...EVERYDAY! Even if I have a bad day, she looks me in my eyes and says..."don't cry Mommy, everything is going to be alright". Nothing on this earth, including a paycheck, could ever compare to the beauty of her pure innocence. I named my daughter Faythe for two reasons, first because she is a sample of my trust in God and second, because she is the example of how God trusts in me. Even if you don't believe in "God", when that doctor put that baby in your arms you thanked him...even if it was in secret. My challenge to my fellow mothers is to take a moment, look at what you have been given, put down the phone, turn off the T.V., be grateful, hold your child, smile and remember "this is the most Amazing Faythe".