Child Phycology is one thing, entertainment, another.

[Ishumble Profile]

I am laughing so hard tears are rolling down my face.

The kids are obviously spoiled,that is the parents fault. I refuse to be a Christmas Zombie any more years ago,so my kids got nothing from me again this year,except what they needed, a bible study with video on the real meaning of Christmas.

So please tell me, what is the real meaning of Xmas.

I'm not sure of what Xmas is but Christmas is a celebration of the new testament covenant God made with his children.Christmas celebrates Jesus the Christ,God's only begotten son,serving God and others is an important action in this.Christmas is about Love,and being in God's presence not receiving presents.In Adam's disobedience and the ensuing chain of sinful events wolves have crept in no doubt,but man only has himself to blame,trusting other men(void of truth/demons),intoxicating himself(carnal mind/science/intellect) with his own limited knowledge instead of living in faith and obeying God.Not all who say they are children of God are(Romans 8:16),your life will tell the truth on you.God is more faithful to us than we are to him,earth was supposed to be our play ground,man has turned it into a living hell for many like him,and those whom God gave him dominion.God the father sent Jesus(the word made flesh) as a sacrificial lamb for sin all we have to do is accept him. After the assention Jesus's power, being wisdom, knowledge, understanding, love,grace,mercy(ect) became infinite therefore it is futile to try to understand God (omnipotent/infinite),so I would never try to explain God he is an experience.God has a perfect will/plan for our lives(man) even in the worst tragedies,horrific crimes(evil), if you have faith the size of a mustard seed,what God can give you no man has seen,hear, or has words for. Jesus did not come to the earth in the flesh to prove he was God(spirit) or the only begotten son of God,only to do God the father's will,and that was to save us from ourselves.We are spirits with flesh,Jesus is the flesh of God,many worlds has he created.Jesus was the word in heaven before he was the son on earth(John 1).We have enough stuff in my home and in the world to distract us from the truth,however whatever you love most is your god.As for me an my house we will serve the Lord in spirit and in truth even in the trials, tribulations and testing of our faith. I know every mistake I've made in my life is when I took my heart and eyes off Jesus, I won't make that mistake again,I surrender to the will of God in my life because the sowing was great but the reaping was always painful.Godly faith is blind, illogical and irrational it says even though your newborn has had two strokes with brain swelling Jesus can heal him,my faith never wavered through 5 diff seizure meds, many seizures,doctor trips,and sleepless nights.Today he is 11 completely healed(no meds) playing ball(it was a test of faith for sure,answered prayers).Not all trials/tradegies have the ending we want,however when we pray if God answered prayer the way we thought he should he wound not be God would he?(faith)If my son was permanently disabled would I feel the same way YES(faith)? We are all passing through our lives are but a vapor. I choose Jesus and have laid the foundation for my kids to have their own relationship with him,the choice is their's he nor I will hold a gun to their heads to serve or love him.Here are some scriptures.

Isaiah 9:6-7 (NKJV)
6 For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
7 Of the increase of His government and peace
There will beno end,
Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,
To order it and establish it with judgment and justice
From that time forward, even forever.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

John 3:16 (KJV)
16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

1 John 3:16 (KJV)
16Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

1 Timothy 3:16 (KJV)
16And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

Mark 12:29-31 (KJV)
29And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: 30And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. 31And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

1 John 2:3-5 Version (KJV)
3And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

[Iwanci Profile]

What I truly hate is hearing all the pre-recorded laughter from a make believe audience.

The question I have is who in their right mind would want to (and for what reason) post videos of their children on You Tube or allow videos of their children to get onto the television? There is a fine line between the feeling of disappointment and the feeling of humiliation. Children are not stupid, they are more aware of their feelings than most adults would like to think.

Whilst it may be ok to play a trick on a person (children included) and whilst the ramifications of this are minor (and in some cases beneficial), when the ‘trick’ involves humiliation and is recorded, and the humiliation shared with countless others the negatives outweigh any positives. Children don’t mind tricks but resent humiliation, there is a fine line and I believe this crosses that line.

I have three children and we have our fun, but I always shield them from humiliation especially when it involves others, laughter quickly turns to resentment, resentment is never a good feeling.

[Gonzo63 Profile]

I am laughing so hard tears are rolling down my face.

The kids are obviously spoiled,that is the parents fault. I refuse to be a Christmas Zombie any more years ago,so my kids got nothing from me again this year,except what they needed, a bible study with video on the real meaning of Christmas.

Right. No chance of that backfiring on you. Probably shouldn't count on meeting any grandkids that might turn up.