Childlike

'The LORD protects those of childlike faith.
I was facing death and he saved me.' Psalm 116:6

Kids these days are pretty streetwise, and many are much too cynical to believe in a Big Daddy in the sky that sends angels in times of distress.

So instead of angels we have teen pregnancies, abortions, suicide, matricide, patricide, fratricide, rape, prostitution, cyber bullying, sexting, childhood obesity, anorexia, childhood ritalin, childhood alcoholism, drug addiction, self harm, Columbine, and other things you will read about in the news next week. Great, isn't it?

My experience is that the words of the Psalmist are true. I was a kid once. God got me through it mostly unscathed. The damage I did manage to inflict on myself was my fault, not His, as sometimes I ignored the warning signs.