what we say

In the past week, I have heard children say things that should NEVER be said...

very defaming and derogatory words toward others.  

I truly thought we as a community were better than that...

Our community is mostly one color

with a light dusting of a few other

colors that God made...

yes, God made.

Saturday, we were on the fields getting ready for a soccer game

when I heard children

from the other team talk about our team

saying, "They have those CRAZY MEXICANS!"

I also heard at that same game,

"You can't let a GIRL beat you!"

I guess I just don't understand.

Yesterday, as I was with my 6 year old's class

on our way to a field trip

one of the boys

called one of the little girls

"MEXICAN!"

I asked him why he had said that and

what he had meant by it...

his face turned bright red

and he couldn't answer me.

I then told him that the word Mexican

just refers to someone

who is from the country of Mexico and

is not a bad thing at all.

These children are that...

children.

Children can be really mean, but

they learn it from someone

that they are around...

What are we teaching our children?

Are we teaching them by the words that we say

to love those around us, like Jesus did when

He walked the earth.

OR 

are we teaching our children to look down on anyone else

that isn't us?

God makes beautiful things and people

not one better than the other...

in color OR in gender (male or female).

Let's watch what we say...

because it really says more about us

when our children speak.

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The good man brings good things out of the good

stored up in his heart, and

the evil man brings evil things out of the evil

stored up in his heart.

For out of the overflow of his heart

his mouth speaks.

Luke 6:45

The heart of the righteous weighs its answers,

but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.

Proverbs 15:28

Let your conversation be always 

full of grace,

seasoned with salt,

so that you may know how to answer everyone.

Colossians 4:6