Keep Your Children at Home

The other day I heard just a bit of Steven Curtis Chapman and his wife speaking on Focus on the Family about the tragic death of their little five-year-old adopted daughter who was run over in their own driveway back in 2008. His wife told the amusing and poignant story of how – before her fifth birthday – the little girl had come to her and asked if it was true that God has a Big Big House.
"...and does He have lots and lots of room?"

" ...and does He have really good food?"

To each question her mother answered, "Yes He does," and then surprised the little one by adding, "But you know what? He also has a big big yard where we can play football."

"How'd you know?" asked the puzzled child, wondering how her mother could have anticipated the next line in the song.

I could hardly retell that anecdote to my wife without breaking up – kids and God...kids and tragedy...both just get to me. It's a wonderful story.

The part that really got my goat though, is that the mother stated that the little girl must have heard the song in school.

In school? Heavens to Elizabeth!

Now I myself am not really a Steven Curtis Chapman fan. I honestly can't even think of the name of the one song of his that I know I have heard. I know very little about his family, and I don't even know his wife's name. I do feel pretty confident in stating that his wife did not have the child in school because she had to hold down a job out of financial necessity. Obviously, the child was placed in school because they believed that was the best thing to do for the child.

People, people, people...!

Most children are not 'ready' for school until at least eight to ten years old. Some won't be ready even then. But even if they are ready from a standpoint neurological development, the best place for the vast majority of children is always with their own mothers and fathers at home.

The best place for children of even eight to ten years old is at home in their own place!

And a four year old? A four year old? Oh people, people! Children need their mother and father! Eight year olds and older need their parents, and how much more a four year old?

Everything in the Bible that you supposedly believe clearly indicates that God has given this child to you for you to raise! If you send them to a school – public or private – that's who's doing the raising, not you! That is who's getting your valuable and very short lived opportunity! That is who is teaching God-knows-what to your child while you are supposed to be raising godly seed – even if it a supposedly Christian school! You're still wasting your opportunity! You're still forfeiting your chance and the calling that you've been given!

Worst of all, you're giving up your opportunity and calling, to someone who only cares about your child because they're paid to, and most of that 'raising' is actually the 'mob-rule' of the school-children...

People! God's people! Don't be fooled by the god of this world any longer! Trust your God! Trust your Bible! Take your children back! Bring them home where they belong! Teach them yourself! God has blessed you and gifted you and anointed you and appointed you to do it! Don't give your precious stewardship to others who don't even care beyond the paycheck what happens to your child!

If you can read and understand this post then you can teach them at home yourself.

Don't let the schools have your child for even a minute!