INNOCENCE

Beautiful child, angelic face,

the scene illuminated with her grace.

She sees a sick and dying world

tiny hands raised, wings unfurled.

"No hope, no hope" she sadly cries,

judgement comes on all your lives.

Tabitha Hills

2016

You couldn't help but notice the beautiful young girl waiting patiently at the supermarket checkout.   Long dark hair tumbled almost to her waist, her face a picture of trust and innocence focus firmly fixed on her parent.

The rape of her innocence by dross that is currently under consideration for distribution in the state primary schools in England came to mind, sordid cartoons and explicit pictures which would make even the hardiest soul sick to the stomach, but then in this world children are fodder for evil minds.  Whilst they can't force this on independent or private schools reading between the lines "funding could be at risk"      

There is only one way to deal with this massive intrusion into parental rights and that is to remove your children from the danger zone and the Orwellian state system.   If this is allowed against the protests of the parents it means only one thing.    Thanks to a general state of apathy we are drifting into a dictatorship.   Reading between the lines of the patronising reply to a letter of complaint,  the relevant State Department was courteous but dismissive considering teachers had authority over the parents. 

Christian parents should not allow any teacher to inflict society's decadent morals on their children.   This used to be a christian country and the laws were based on christian values, sadly even the churches are contaminated.   I doubt many decent non-believing parents would consider explicit details of anal or oral sex as suitable for a seven year old.   Some dark force is hell bent on stealing their innocence.

Thankfully the Supreme Court in Scotland unanimously ruled that the Scottish Government's Named Person Scheme is unlawful.   Under the proposals every child in Scotland was to be assigned a state guardian to monitor their 'well being' directly undermining the parent-child relationship and contravening privacy laws.

The Supreme Court noted:
"The first thing that a totalitarian regime tries to do is to get at the children, to distance them from the subversive, varied influences of their families, and indoctrinate them in their rulers' view of the world.  Within limits, families must be left to bring up their children in the Christian faith.  The Christian Institute won their case against the Scottish Government who are now facing a legal bill of £500,000. 

All thanks to men and women who are prepared to stand for their beliefs and go the extra mile.

Even outside the education system children are bombarded with politically correct behaviour patterns before the so called watershed.   The BBC are by far the worse offenders.   Of course we can all switch off their offensive programmes.

The internet whilst an excellent research tool is also full of garbage and children and parents can easily become addicted staring at a screen for hours on end.   The conversations on Facebook are mindless.   A few years ago the writer had a Facebook account and when conversing with fellow christians a little box would appear announcing I couldn't post that particular text.   Bye bye Facebook.  Now they are suggesting they will remove offensive comments.  One can only wonder quite how that will be policed.

Of course there have always been parents who fail or abuse their children, and for those who try to lead by example perhaps trusting their child to do likewise is misplaced.   On the other hand children should be warned of inappropriate behaviour, that that part of their body  is private  however the proposed literature is simply attracting their curiosity and completely eliminating  parental choice where standards,  moral code or religious laws are concerned.  There is far too much state intervention in all the wrong places.

Children will eventually be subjected to influences outside our control.   We can only pray we have done the ground work and that they will be able to swim against the tide.

There are times when every sacrifice,
every labour throughout a lifetime seems utterly wasted, 

BUT THEN YOU KNOW THAT ONE.

There are times when every gift from God
 was put aside in the daily grind of survival.

Good parents know that one.

The basic instinct to nuture and protect children is strong and sacrificial.

BUT THEN FATHER YOU KNOW THAT ONE.

Tallish Hills
2016




WEB

Evils of our time
gift wrapped on the web on line.

Corrupt minds scheme to set the bait,
the vulnerable surf to their fate.

Enticed and caught in deadly thread,
the tender soul is quickly led.

Too busy with our daily chores
to monitor the scene, or pause.

Poisoned kiss, silent cry,
innocence sucked gently dry.

Tabitha Hills
2003