Our Future

Commercial advertised media is sometimes absolutely hilarious. There is a commercial of the two men in battle and then many soldiers dressed in ancient attire involved in a full frontal military assault exchange with an unknown enemy. The song playing is “Oh what a lucky day, it just keeps me moving on.”  The soldiers singing this song are just going around killing with smiles on their faces.  I view this commercial advertisement, justified killing, as psychotic behavior being glorified.

There are more young people where their neurons are not exactly wired right, and they are playing these types of games on their play stations or x-boxes.  

Our video games were not necessarily connected and easily accessible except in stores or game rooms. We had to leave our homes. These young people are in their rooms, doors, closed, and not necessarily being monitored by parents. When something happens and one of these young people gets a gun, just to experience the thrill of the kill, society blames it on the parents. I am not saying that these games cause psychotic breaks; but if there is an underlying issue it can very much be a contributing factor.

Wait just a cotton picking minute! Children ages 12 + do not necessarily need a baby-sitter. If both parents work, they come home around 5:30 – 6:30 pm. By then, the young people who have been at home in their rooms have been playing on these particular games for almost 2 hours. Single parents or both parents may be exhausted and they have to work doubly hard to see to the home and their children. They can’t be everywhere all the time.

I once substituted a class where the students were not really cutting it in average high school. I met a 17 year old freshman. He had no communication skills. I kept asking him to put his phone away during class. He wasn’t communicating with anyone, he was playing video games. I told him he wasn’t a good soldier and his commander would not put him on the front line because he was unable able to complete the assignment at hand. He perked up and looked at me, put his phone down and finished his work.  He was a fan of “Call of Duty-Special Ops.”  

This is not necessarily a parental problem but a problem that exists as an ill of society.

Many of us fail to see why we should even be concerned with this problem; because, your children are grown and out on their own. You think you raised your children and your job is done. Back up! You didn’t raise your children by yourself. If you think you did, well, you are wrong. Our children are raised in a society of people who are bums, doctors, drug addicts, homelessness, alcoholics, pedophiles, lawyers, teachers, parents, criminals, children, media, relatives, preachers, nurses, mechanics, police officers and so forth.

If you have dropped out of society and live on a deserted island – with no communication to the outside world, you are correct in saying, “Young people aren’t my problem.” If you are a member of an active society take interest in the young people of your community. Help them the best way you can.

***Warning: If you help young people, do not violate their trust and or take advantage of their innocence. Young people are our future.

“I will send wild animals against you, and they will rob you of your children, destroy your cattle and make you so few in number that your roads will be deserted.” (Leviticus 26:22) Do not let these “animals” of society destroy our children. 

Who do you want to run the future of the society we live in?  “Your children will be the shepherds here for forty years, suffering for your unfaithfulness, until the last of your bodies lies in the desert.” (Numbers 14:33)

Make a difference.

There are many who are not well, seasonal colds, allergies, some with the flu, and some who are spiritually dying or dead, others physically dying, and some fighting deadly diseases; please keep them in your prayers. 

Pray for each other.

God bless you all and keep you safe as always and forever.