God will punish child abusers

Fathers, don’t frustrate your children with no-win scenarios. Take them by the hand and lead them in the way of the Master. - Ephesians 6:4

It would be better for you if a millstone were hung around your neck and you were thrown into the sea than for you to cause one of these little ones to stumble. - Luke 17:2

A lot of parents like to make it out as though they are the ultimate authority on everything in their children's lives, as if "I said so" meant something just because the parent successfully took part in the fertilization of an ovum...but goldfish do that, and nobody I've met mistakes them for gurus.

The truth is it's something like an act of audacity to have and raise a child. You're taking a perfect, untroubled soul from the storehouse of eternal possibility, and not only presuming you have it in you in general to get that soul off to a worthy start in this deeply disturbed and disturbing world, but making a commitment to be the steward of that soul's development. You don't know how long you will have to be in that role or under what circumstances, you're just making a covenant that you're up for it.

Yes, you're probably imagining a near perfect baby who turns into an A student, and a star athlete or a beauty queen or whatever you think a kid is supposed to be, and then kisses you goodbye and runs off to college on a full scholarship at 18. Maybe you're up for that.

But you're also signing up to be there for a kid who may have any problem or limitation a person can have. Your two year old may become bilingual in daycare, or they may become terrified and combative at the sight of anyone in a white coat because the pediatrician hurt them. Your 13-year-old might be a Little League batter, or she might still have trouble walking well. Your 18-year-old might start a bachelor's program on full scholarship, or he might be a janitor with bad taste in women and debilitating depression. Your 27-year-old might come home for Christmas with your first grandchild in her arms, or she might come home a quadriplegic stroke victim and never be able to live independently again. You don't get to choose. You just have to be ready.

You can be frustrated if your kid isn't what or who you thought they would be, or that the world doesn't give them the same opportunities it gave you, but taking it out on them is wrong. Consequences will come to child abusers, and make no mistake - they will be DIRE!!!

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