Who is Protecting Our Children?

Hello all you "Christ-Seekers!!!" I am back with "The Truth of the Matter Blog" and each week we are going to be discussing the truth about everything as it relates to The Word of God!!! I am so glad to be back! Today here in Atlanta we received some sad news. There was an amber alert that had been out regarding a child that had gone missing. Well, she was found today and unfortunately she is no longer with us. She was murdered. This is so devastating. So I began to think. Who could hurt an innocent child? How could anyone look into their innocent eyes and harm them. My Word for today was, Mark 9:36-37 which says,  ³⁶ He took a little child whom he placed among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to them, ³⁷ “Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.”  The Bible does not specifically use the term “child abuse.” There is no record of a single instance in the Bible where a child is being abused. What the Bible does tell us is this: children have a special place in God’s heart and anyone who harms a child is inviting God’s wrath upon Him. When Jesus’ disciples tried to keep children from coming to Him, He rebuked them and welcomed little children to His side, saying, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these” (Mark 10:14). Then He took the children in His arms and blessed them (v. 16). 

Children are abused and mistreated in several different ways, all of which are abhorrent to God. Too many children are the victims of angry beatings and other physical and sexual abuse as their parents or other individuals take out their own anger and frustration out on them. Anger is almost always sinful, and anyone who abuses a child in anger or hatred commits multiplied sins. “An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered one commits many sins” (Proverbs 29:22). It is so sad when a child is the victim of tragedy, but it is so encouraging to know that children are not held accountable by God for their sins until they reach a certain age, and that if a child dies before reaching the "age of accountability,' that child will, by the grace and mercy of God, be granted entrance into Heaven. We know our children no matter what will always go to Heaven and if we live as we should one day we will all be reunited. That is the hope that we all have as parents that have lost their children. My heart aches for all of those parents that have had to endure the lost of their children especially to heinous crimes and I will continue to pray that you have peace in the darkest time of your life. Just remember that God is watching over all of our children and no matter what happens He is always protecting them.