History will judge us by the difference we make in the everyday lives of children. Nelson Mandela

It was already past bedtime. I had had a long day, hubby was out of town and l really couldn’t wait to put the girls to sleep. I thought to quickly read through the Bible story for the night, pray with them and also get some sleep.
In the course of our study, of course there is always room for contributions and questions.

Then she asked “mummy, why were the animals made to go in male and female, not male and male, or female and female?” We were reading about Noah and the ark.
I was excited about my 6 year old’s question, it was an intelligent one asked with all innocence.
I took my time and explained to their understanding how God created the family system to be. I explained in their language that reproduction and marriage is meant to be among opposite sex and not same sex.
Just like you and daddy she added. Yes I said as we concluded our quiet time and called it a night.

A few days after that conversation, as I sat reading, same time watching one of their cartoons with them,(Bluey to be specific) a scene came up.
It looked truly innocent. As the dogs played, they got their uncle to marry their dad and went further to create a wedding ceremony. In Bluey’s words, “we got dad to marry dad”. While one could simply laugh about it, I was piqued. I am too detailed to miss the message.
What audacity! What a way to sow the seed of same sex marriage into the minds of these kids.
Because I had already explained how unacceptable that is before God to the kids, I was quick to make reference to that teaching and also remark on how very wrong and bad that particular dog play was. They understood.

One thing I have come to understand is that these kids have deep questions in their hearts. Probably built from conversations they might have overheard or something they might have watched or read about. We constantly need to engage them in conversations and also make them comfortable to ask all the questions on their minds. I will not shush or hush their questions which might sound inappropriate or silly. That way creating enough confidence and trust in me.
The enemy is set to destroy these little ones. What we do with time spent with them, determines how negative or positive they turn out.
In Abigail Van Buren’s words, “ If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them and half as much money”.

Money is important, but more important are the lives of these children.