I’ve sat through these sessions many years.  Yet, this morning I saw things differently.  On the altar stood 20+ kids aged 4 to 9 (as my best guess).  As the lady leading them asked, “Are you ready?” in her best enthusiastic tone, some kids yelled “YES!”  One boy about the age of seven said “No” just loud enough to be noticed.  As the singing began he was involved with it like many of them.  It was apparent that his initial reluctance came from nervousness and he needed to verbalize it in some way.

As the singing began, I noticed the different children.  Some came from families of financial means; others were obviously poorer   A few looked pretty homely.  Throughout the group were children of many different races and cultures.  Standing there before me was a representation of our society.  Some participated because that had to, some didn’t participate because they were nervous or perhaps didn’t want to.  Some participated because they wanted to.

Those who didn’t participate endured the moments they had to stand up front and pretended knowing the words.  One boy just walked around the front with his finger in his mouth.  This pretty much emulates our society.  We have people that are are nervous and unsure of themselves and do what they need to do to get by. Others just fake it and some in society walk around like the kid with his finger in his mouth, adding nothing.

What really caught my attention were those children that participated because THEY WANTED TO.  Most tried to remember the words and motions that went with each song.  Some did better than others, but that’s okay.  They were willing to be participants and seemed to get the meaning of why they were up there.  While some will think that the VBS sing-a-long is just to prove to parents that their kids learned some songs, the important point is that children learn who GOD is, our place on this earth and why He sent His Son to die in our places.

Of the bunch, two children really impacted me.  There was a little black girl about four-years old and a white girl about six years of age.  These two sang every word like it was a part of them.  Every move was learned and completed with a reverence for GOD.  When they sang, “I will sing of the Lord Forever”, they meant it.  By the last song when they sung, “Ancient Words” by Michael W. Smith (A difficult song for a 4 & 6 year old by the way), I found myself moved and wiping my eyes.  Standing before me were two small children showing reverence to GOD.

My mind was immediately drawn to the memory of some other children I know.  Their parents don’t take them to church and do little to build the core foundational values of Christianity in their lives.  Why?  Recently I was told, “XXX works six days a week and is tired on Sunday.”  Ok…

• Who gave you those six days to live, breathe and earn an income?
• Given that unemployment is rampant in this country, why is it that taking time to thank the GOD that blesses is such a burden?
• What does OUR comfort have to do with the state of our children’s soul?
• GOD hears the prayers of those that know Him.  Do we want our children blessed or not? (GOD does hear the prayer of salvation from the unsaved)

We ask GOD for help when we’re in a bind and don’t acknowledge him when things are going well. We say we need GOD to turn our country around yet we fail our children by removing opportunities for their spiritual faith building.  We are in a time when we can no longer fool around.  We don’t go to church or read the bible because we might look “Too Spiritual”.  Who are we afraid of? Why does stepping up to the plate and being a man or woman leader, building our children’s knowledge of GOD scare us?

If we love our children, we should do all that we can amidst a world of hurtful people to strengthen them. We should at a minimum be like the kids who walked to the front of the church, sang and gave it their best shot.  It’s the road to spiritual strengthening and blessing that our children should have as a cover in perilous times.

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In Helena, Montana a proposed educational curriculum includes teaching five year old children the proper names for male and female sex organs. According to the draft proposal, kindergartners will be introduced to basic reproductive body parts (penis, vagina, breast, nipples, testicles, scrotum, uterus).  By the second grade, children are instructed not to make fun of homosexuals.  Granted, everyone should be treated fairly and the calling of names and hurtful behavior is wrong.  However, adding this element to the curriculum shows clear involvement by those with a gay agenda to begin changing the mindset of morality at a young age.  Communist countries learned long ago the effectiveness of teaching political doctrine to children. This is particularly true when viewing the fifth grade agenda:

• Understand that sexual intercourse includes but is not limited to vaginal, oral, or anal penetration
• Understand sexual orientation refers to a person’s physical and/or romantic attraction to an individual of the same and/or different gender, and is one part of ones’ personality

BALONEY.  It has to do with one’s choices.

What is wrong with allowing children the ability to grow up without having to digest something like this at such a young age?  What responsible parent really believes that a five year old is psychologically matured and able to handle these lessons with adding such stressors?  Teaching children such behaviors as homosexuality as an alternative will only cause children who are already unsure of themselves to be more unsure.

This agenda opens the door to abuses by pedophiles.  If children are already impressionable and unsure of themselves, it will be much easier for offenders to recruit their prey.  During this last year of research for my upcoming Human Trafficking book, I’ve seen what appears to be an increase in child trafficking globally and here in the U.S.   Teaching sex to small children only increases the chance of further victimization.

The draft sex education proposal for the Helena, Montana is available HERE.

Educational programs like this are entered into our schools and teach our children “alternative lifestyles” because at most, we shake our fist, say we are mad, then go back to our lives because we justify we are too busy to get involved.  We can no longer count on our politicians to look out for our best interest. Anyone who believes that GOD and our national morality are important for our future should have a list of  politicians at the ready.  People are willing to ramble on aimlessly on their cell phone while driving, yet are unwilling to call their Congressmen and expect them to represent us (as they said they would).

If we as a nation fail to stand up with the freedom of speech that we currently still have, then those with an immoral agenda will overtake us.

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Anthony M. Davis is the Founder of the Homeland Security Group and author of the bestselling book,“Terrorism and the Maritime Transportation System”.  He is currently working on his next book addressing the issue of Human Trafficking.