Proverbs 28: 7 Whoever
keeps the law is a discerning
son, but a companion of gluttons shames his father.
Proverbs 28: 7. When I was a child
heading off on the day of a school field trip, a church outing, or another
situation where I’d be among unfamiliar adults, my parents would say to me, “Now
don’t you embarrass me.”
I thought that was pretty doggone arrogant of my folks---- like they
were the center of the universe, like if I got in trouble the principal, or
the pastor, or the police, or whomever caught me would actually think, “Hmmph. His parents didn’t teach him nothin'.”
Well now I’m an adult, a pastor who’s been an asst. principal, and worked
with police. You know what?
When a kid goes out around unfamiliar adults and gets into trouble, the
first thing that the authorities think is, “Hmmph. His parents should’ve raised him better.”
Every child bears the family name and the family honor. It’s a burden that we should not tell them is removed. Rather we should prepare them to
bear it.
Our children need to understand that the entire family is judged by their
individual conduct just as they are individually judged by the company they choose
to keep.
With time and on-to-one interaction, a child can demonstrate his/her
individual worth independent of his/her associates. But before, until, and unless that individual
interview happens, friendships serve as the resumes of the young. The clique, the crew defines the kid. The kid defines the family.
Maybe it is unfair, but it is what it is.
If you’re a parent, prepare your children to represent you well. Your child is your resume to the world. If your baby cusses his teacher or refuses
to do her assignments, you have told the school that you are
disrespectful, vulgar, and lazy. Maybe
you aren’t any of those things, but that’s not what your resume says.
Maybe it is unfair, but it is what it is.
If you’re a kid (or an adult), choose your friends to represent you well. What is the best thing in you/ about
you? If I looked at your circle of
buddies, would I even have a clue as to how fantastic you actually are? If not, you deserve better friends.
Maybe it isn’t fair, but it is what it is.
----- Anderson T. Graves II
Rev. Anderson T. Graves II is the pastor of Hall Memorial CME Church
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