I recently read about an account given by the 19th-century preacher Henry Ward Beecher.  He spoke of a mother in the wild frontier country who was washing clothes beside a small river.  Her only son was playing nearby.  Suddenly she realized he was gone.  She called his name, but there was no answer.  Alarmed, the mother ran to the house, but her son was not there.

Frantically, the woman ran out to the forest.  There she found her child, but she was too late.  The youngster had been killed by a wolf.  Heartbroken, she picked up the lifeless body, and drew him close to her heart, and tenderly carried him home.  

He finished his illustration by saying, "Oh, how that mother hated wolves!"  Every Christian should have a similar "hate life" when it comes to evil.  Yet many mothers (and fathers) who are so careful to guard their children from physical harm fail to notice the evil forces that threaten their children's spiritual welfare.  As a result, they leave them unprotected by showing little concern for the kinds of friends their children make, the magazines they read, the music they listen to, or the TV programs they watch.  But whenever these influences are bad, they should take an active role in pointing out what is wrong with them and given them biblical instruction on how to avoid the evil they are confronting.

Whenever our children confront evil in the world, they should have had the admonitions, advice and love from their parents.  If you leave them to make their own decisions without any input from the Bible and you, it quite often leads to terrible consequences.

It's not wrong to hate when we hate what is wrong.

The song playing is "Chasing Yesterday" by Bruce Deboer

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