What are you Doing?

What is the first thought that comes to you when you think of a child??? Cute, sweet, fun, adorable...Yes I think of these things also but the one major thing that automatically comes to mind is innocence. Children are full of innocence when they come into this world. Looking for someone to Teach them, Love them, Protect them, Care for them, and Lead them in the right direction. Unfortunately, there are some children that have it taken away when their mind becomes defiled by worldly garbage.

¹de·file

Pronunciation:  \di-ˈfī(-ə)l, dē-\

Function: transitive verb

Inflected Form(s):  de·filed; de·fil·ing

Etymology:  Middle English, alteration (influenced by filen to defile, from Old English fȳlan) of defoilen to trample, defile, from Anglo-French defoiller, defuler, to trample, from de- + fuller, foller to trample, literally, to full

Date: 14th century

: to make unclean or impure: as a: to corrupt the purity or perfection of : debase <the countryside defiled by billboards> b: to violate the chastity of : deflower c: to make physically unclean especially with something unpleasant or contaminating <boots defiled with blood> d: to violate the sanctity of : desecrate <defile a sanctuary> e: sully , dishonor

synonyms see contaminate

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Of course, most people think a young child is only defiled when it relates to sexual abuse, etc. This is true, but it is more than that.

It hurts me so much to think about and even write about innocent children being defiled, not just by those unknown to them but by their loved ones... or ones that are supposed to Love them. I have a heart for the youth, but there is a special place in my heart for young children, the ones without a voice, the ones who can’t say no, the ones that are unable to express their opinion, the ones that are forced to do what ever the person raising, or looking after them says. The reason I say, “the person raising them or looking after them,” and not Dad, Mom, or parents is because it takes more than just bringing a child into the world to have a title like Dad or Mom. First, it takes having a heart like my Father, Jesus. Second, enough love to lay down your life, cares, and wants...like my Father Jesus. Next, knowledge to seek out what is in the child’s best interest on a daily basis, that comes from my Father Jesus. You must also have the discernment to make the right decisions; decisions that will be affect the growth of the child spiritually, mentally, and physically. The discernment also comes from Jesus.

There are many people who do seek God about having children. To those individuals I would like to say THANK YOU! Thank you for seeking God before bringing another life into this world. Thank you for seeking God while raising the children. There are also many people who have children because they are selfish. They just care about themselves, and about pleasuring themselves. Usually when the baby is born they don’t care for him/her as they should. This is defiling the young child of God, not giving him or her the love and attention they need or deserve.

What hurts the most is most people are defiling their children and may not even know it! Those of you who are defiling your children and don’t even care. I pray right now in the Name of Jesus Christ that God opens your eyes and I pray that the Lord will convict you and draws your heat to Him! I pray a change is made in your life!

Like I said before, defiling a child is more than sexual abuse. How about when you are riding in the car? Yes, riding in the car. Can the child say please turn off that music it isn’t good for my soul? or how about when there are in front of the television? Can the child say please change the channel, what you are watching is not good for my spirit? How bout what you do in front of the child...smoking, cursing? can the child say please quit smoking around me it can affect my lungs? or quit cursing I don’t need to hear that?How about where you go or where you take your child?

A few weeks ago I went to Mardi Gras to reach out to lost and dying world, and while I was there I witnessed some very disturbing things - Children being defiled! Children who were unable to make decisions for themselves. Children being defiled out of selfishness and pride. The first one that comes to mind is a woman and her child, the child around the age of 2, walking hand and hand down Bourbon Street. For those of you not familiar with Bourbon Street, it is a street filled with clubs, and garbage. This innocent child was being led around to see the sexual immorality, the debauchery, the sin. That is just not right!

The next instance that comes to mind is Monday night / morning 3 children being defiled. Their ages vary from toddler to infant. One walking and two being pushed in their strollers down the sinful streets of the French Quarters. When one of the women was confronted she said, “I don’t care, it’s not my kid.” This may be the case, but it doesn’t matter she is a child of God created in his image and deserves love, care, and respect. My question is where is the person that is raising this child; the person responsible for bringing this child into the world? These children deserve to have someone with the knowledge to know that a place like that is not for a child. They deserve to have a watchman!

The next one is heartbreaking for me. Each and every one of these acts of defilement tore me apart, but this one crushed me.

This case of defilement happened at a praise rally on Monday afternoon. As a woman, that I’m sure claimed to be a Christian, held a child around 18 months of age. As the music started to play, the crowed started to bob their heads to the beat, no one,yet, lifting their hands to praise God (a sign of surrender). This beautiful child lifted her hands to Heaven and looked up. After a minute or two this child reaches down to her neck to remove the Mardi Gras beads, that someone had defiled her with, and after taking them off of her neck she again lifted her hands to heaven and gazed into the blue sky to praise our King. When the woman noticed the child had removed the beads, she interrupted the praising of Jesus to defile the child again, placing the beads on her neck. This child had a fit not wanting the beads on her.

Some may think how is this defiling this child. The Mardi Gras beads are a representation of bondage/ sin. If as Christians we are to abstain from even the presence of evil according to 1 Thessalonians 5:22 (New King James Version). How is wearing something that represents sin avoiding the presence? 1 Corinthians 1:11 Peter says to imitate him as he imitates Christ. So let me ask you would Peter or Jesus be wearing the beads? With that being said would Peter or Jesus be doing whatever you do everyday? The world exploited the saying “W.W.J.D., What Would Jesus Do,” but it is true in what ever you are doing, facing, or thinking about ask yourself What Would Jesus Do?

When I grew up. I never wanted children. This didn’t last long as God blessed me with a son, through my marriage. My wife would come to me continually and say, “Can we try to have more kids?” Usually I would say yes, knowing in my heart I didn’t mean it, and for this I repent. My wife became pregnant twice during this time and we lost them both, which tore me apart. Doctors told my wife she couldn’t have children because her tubes where blocked. At this time, I told my wife I don’t want to try anymore. The thing I didn’t understand was it wasn’t up to me, but up to my God - the one who wrote the blueprints to my life. My wife came to me one day and again told me I think I’m pregnant. Unlike before, I was overcome with joy, even though I may not have shown it. God was willing to answer my wife’s prayers. When my wife gave birth to my baby girl it was like nothing I had ever experienced in my life. I knew in my heart that this was a serious thing because God trusted me enough to raise another child. I vowed to God that I would seek him in all aspects of her life and I dedicated her to God. To the men and women who have children and aren’t willing to give the children the opportunities they deserve, give them to me I will not defile them, but I, through Jesus Christ, will raise them up to be men and women of GOD. It is time to stop the defilement of the innocent young children without a voice or opinion.

Ezekiel 3 God says “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore hear a word from My mouth, and give them warning from Me.”

We are to be watchmen over our children; seeking God for their best interest. God has put them in our lives to raise them up as they should go.

The next time you have a problem with the way the city, state, or nation you live in is, think to yourself: Am I being a watchman? Am I protecting my child from the presence of evil? Do I surround my child with the things of this world? Do I lay down my life, cares, and wants?

It is time to change. If you are defiling your child or have in the past. It is time to REPENT and seek God.

Matthew 18:2-6

2 Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, 3 and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5 Whoever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me. 6 “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

PLEASE let go of the junk in your lives and let God lead you to raise up your children in the ways of God. Follow what is said in Deuteronomy!

Deuteronomy 6:5 You shall Love your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. 6:6 And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. 6:7 You shall teach them diligently to your children and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when your walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. 6:8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 6:9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and or your gates.