I just heard about the death of John Travolta's son. Its always heartbreaking when a child dies, especially when they are on the cusp of growing up into adulthood. However I think there are several deeper tragedies going on here. For one the family are scientologists, who deny the divinity of God. They worship some group of aliens and this poor child died without the knowledge of what Jesus has done for all of us by His willingness to give His life. To never know that is a shame.
Add to it because of his parent's religious beliefs, if the reports are true, they denied his autism. How could a parent deny the very aspects of their child's being? That would be like me saying that Little Man did not have beautiful brown eyes or Big Man has amazing dimples. For his parents to deny autism (since their religion says the disorder doesn't exist)is to deny their son's very existence, the core of his being. It reminds me of the part of the Easter story when Peter is in the courtyard of the high priest's palace and he denied knowing Jesus 3 times (before the cock crowed). I just kept thinking about that passage when I was reading about the whole incident on TMZ. I admit it I am a TMZ junkie! Blast it I knew that it would come out one day. But I digress. I dont think as a mother I could ever lie to the world about who my child truly was. I know that other people have done it before and will continue to (something about keeping up appearances I guess)But thats not living honestly and thats not what's God's best for us.
Women of God can never be like women of the world. The world has enough women who are tough; we need women who are tender. There are enough women who are coarse; we need women who are kind. There are enough women who are rude; we need women who are refined. We have enough women of fame and fortune; we need more women of faith. We have enough greed; we need more goodness. We have enough vanity; we need more virtue. We have enough popularity; we need more purity. Margaret D. Nadauld
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