IT’S TIME FOR CHANGE
Part 4

“Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good”
(Romans 12:9).

LET’S WORK TOGETHER TO BRING CHANGE

In the last three devotions, we have been talking about the reasons many young mouthers are depressed when they have their babies. Now, what are we going to do about it? It’s not much use talking about all the reasons unless we take some action, is there? We’ve got to get building again.

David cries out in Psalm 11:3: “If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?” Well, there’s only one thing to do and that’s build them again! So let’s get going.

We cannot let things carry on the way they are. Unless we rise up and make known the truth, the next generation will degenerate further away from God’s plan. You may not feel you can do this in a big way. But you don’t have to. Be faithful in the little opportunities. Start with your own family, filling them daily with God’s truth and His plan for family life. Give them a love and awe for embracing life from God, Teach them to love babies. If God blesses you with a new baby, it I such a wonderful way for older children to experience the joy of a new baby.

Help your children to understand the horrors of abortion. Give them strong convictions to live by.

We cannot allow ourselves, or our children, to get used to evil in society. Abortion is the murder of precious life in the womb. We can never take it for granted., Romans 12:9 tell us to “ABHOR that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.” The word “abhor” means “to shudder with horror.” We must teach our children to shudder with horror about abortion and other evils in our nation such as same sex marriage and transgender, etc.

When you and your children see things wrong in society, don’t let it go without speaking about it. Teach your children what is wrong. Help them to have discernment between the right and the wrong, the clean and the unclean. I don’t think there is anything sadder that seeing a young person grow up in a Christian home without godly convictions and without courage to stand up for truth.

We all know the famous quote: "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." It was attributed to Edmund Burke and was recently judged the most popular quotation of modern times (in a poll conducted by editors of The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations).

As you go out of your home, always be prepared to drop seeds of truth at every opportunity. Take a few Above Rubies magazines with you. Put them in a plastic bag in your handbag so they don’t get mutilated. Give them to people and to mothers when you meet them. You may not have a chance to say a lot, but you’ll never know how the Holy Spirit can speak to them through the pages of the magazine.

We need to get this magazine out in greater and greater ways. I’m tired of being bombarded with liberal and progressive jargon. The feminists and liberals do not keep quiet. Why do we when we have the truth? For more ideas of how to spread Above Rubies, go to:

http://aboverubies.org/magazine/ideas-for-distributing-above-rubies

Most of all, live the plan. As we embrace God’s plan for family life with joy and positivity, we are a testimony to all around us. Happy, united, loving, and God-fearing families are the biggest blessing of the nation.

When motherhood returns to normality in our society, we will see happy mothers instead of depressed mothers.

PRAYER:

“Dear Father, please help me to be part of building the foundations of truth again in our nation. Help me to be faithful to plant truth in the hearts of my children. Help my husband and I to be an example of family life to them. Oh God, please help us all to make Your ways known in this nation again. We cry out for the hearts of the fathers and the mothers to turn back to their homes and to children. In Jesus’ name, Amen.”

AFFIRMATION:

I will be a truth lover, a truth speaker, and a truth imparter to my children and everyone I meet.