The Ohio Independent Baptist, May 1972

art to eart _mong t e omen - Mrs . lnex Milner - Women'l Editor- An Open Letter To Daughters l)l\.1r l).1t1!,!hll'r : .... \\ h1..'n I 111..'.tt ti , tir fir,t er, ,tnll J rt'.1lr ·cJ tl1a1 \ ~.lttr father c.lnLI l h,1LI l"'ICt'n 1n trt11111..'nt, U"iCLl t-,f <..,c.lLI lt) hr1ng ., hun1.1n lite 1nlt) c,1,tcncc. I ,hud– '"ic1 c1..l at the rc"J)L)111l11l1t\. l han~fttl l1.."'I <.,t''ILi 111.11 ,,c 11,11..I tl1c 81hlc c.l\ a ~t111..lc l ()L)~. I turncLI tt 1t ,1n<l tounu : - 't L ll ,, ere ~1, en to u" fron1 ,o<l ... (l.1t:fl ~ .... _- t\11Li )"i.\ ~ 1/): y()U \,\.Cr e ·1 hcr1L1~c L)t the l ord ( P,. 127:J): - \ 1..)ll \\ ere r.\ re\\ ,1rJ f ro111 tl1e l ord lO ti ( J> I 27: _ ... ). ) Ott "'' ere a ~trength ~ l n J f) L),, er t t) u ( P, . 1' 7 : -+ ) : ) ou ,, ere c.ln an,\\- er to pr ,l) er a an1uel ,, c.1 ( 1 "'d r11 . 1: 11) : \ ou ""ere ded i– .. ,.1ted to , d heforc birth a<; an1uel ,, r.1 ( l an,. J - J l ) : \ ou ,, ere a <..Je- J l1ghtful. c..lin1pled little girl. l t \\ a - a jo) to \.\ta tch ) Ott Jc– \ elop anc..1 gro\\. but there wa fool i. h– ne \ 1 n y our heart, ( Prov . ' ' : I 5 } anLI I n I n \ o u r , o tJ I ( R o 111 . 3 : ' 3 anLI P ~ . J -1 . 5). I t \l\a our re pon ibility to train }OU ( Pro\. 11 :6). It \l\a n ·t ea ) . ~ 1 an) ti n1e the di -c I p I ine yo ti re e1veu hurt u~ n1ore than 1 o u . anu n1an) time, I ha<..J to clair11 ( Jame5 I :5-6). One da\ \Ou l earneu the fifth .; .; on1111andn1ent. " H onor th\ father .; and th) n1other - " ( Ex. 1 (): 1 1 anu Deuc . 5: I 6). the co t11n1antln1ent \I\ ith pron1t e. "that th) <.Jay\ n1a 1 he long on the earth:· ··what i honor?.. \ ou a,ketl. W e # lookeu 1n Weh ter· D ict1onar\. an<..J • tounc..l that it t\. ' 'High regard. great re pect. credi t. to place in h igh po– \tlion ... Then it \l\a that we <..Jecide<.J there \houlu be no ralking bac~ or .... \a 1ng - no uecei\ing - no u i50- hed1ence - no "olc..1 n1an·· or "olu lady" - becau\e tho e thing\ Lio not hov. honor to parent~ a\ Gou con1- n1anuetl ) ou learneu to ohey ) our parent (Eph. 6 . 13 anti Col. 3: 1 ()) 1t \\J n·t hard for \Ou to obe\ Gou·~ . ., c all v. hen H e \poke ~o ) OLt ahou t !our need ot a a\.1our from in. It v..a\ <l thrill to ot1r heart to \ec \Otl ., \\: alk do\.\ n the at le in church that unda) night and confe\\ Je\U\ hri t a !our O\.\n per,ondl a\iour fron1 "'n and then later to \ee !ou hc1ptizetl a a } mbol of v. hat hau tak.en place 1n ) Our l i fe.-~.., a child of God. \Ott k ne\\ He \\ a, \\ atch I ng \ 0 u ( P;o \ . 14 MAY 1972 I S . 1 ) , gt 11 LI I n g \ o l I ( f),. 48 . I 4 ) , an l l tl1at c,cr\.th,ng \<.) ti tlitl rcflectc<.I t) n \<.)LlJ hl)l11C. J)arcnl'i, \Ch t)OI. cht trch ~t ntl c<.1n1111un1 l\ ( ()rt)\ . 2(): I 1 ). • Y ou ha <.I ) () ur I J th 111 rt h LI a 1 , yo ti 'Ac re no longer a l i ttl e g irl. o n1cth1ng \-\a\ happening to you! Yott were chang ing. it \cen1cu e c r 1 thing v.,ac; changing - 1 ott r feeling~. 1 ou r att i– tuuc, . e, en )'OL1 r body . t t i n1e yot1 felt \O happy : then f or no r eason you ,\ant ec..l to cry. Y o u lo cd u. as 1 our parent\, htrt ~on1c t i 111c. you felt a\han1ec..l of u, . y·ot1 u~ed to l,ke t~ pla)' v. ith yottr brother~ anti . i .. ter . hu t then you wi heu th e) 'A'ould "get lost" and " tay lo. t". Y o u u. ec..l to like to play' ba ehall with the boy , anti then you becan1e . o en1barra. sed whe n with them . They tr . ed t o be . o ugl y and c..lirty. but then you noti ced o ne wa. e pecially hand o n1e, and you r heart ft uttered. Y o u u cu to want to plea~e u. . 1 ou r par ent . hut then )-'OU wottld r ather plea e the kids at chool . Y o u useu to be so co-or di– nated, then you becan1e o awkward . Wh at wa h ,1ppeni ng? Y o u wer e gr owing tip . Gou wa , preparing 1 o t1 for 111o th erhoou. W e turned aga in to the Bihl e ac;, ou r guitleboo 1'. a we had so of ten hefore and agai n c l aimed Jan1e. I : 5-6. Y OLt r n1emor y had to be re– f re hed abot1t the 5th con1n1 anun1ent and abou t p h . 6 : I 3 anLI o I. 3 : , (). th at these portion v. ere f o r tee n– ager a well a 1 o ttng chil<lren. Y o u began to lea rn w ha t praye r real l y 'Aa ( M att . 7:7) a5 )'OU pra 1 ed ahout boy friend a v.,ell a~ gi rl frienuc; and ..... God'~ will for 1 our life ( Pro . 3: 5-6). Y ou learned th at }OU <.;houlu: Ii . ten to in trLtction: f r o n1 f at her anu n1other ( Prov. l: and Prov. 4: 1-4): li~ten to o lucr v.,on1en ( Tittl \ 2 : ..i): li~ten to Gou ( Pro \ . 6: I 6-22 - Gal. 5: I 7- 26). The Lia) can1c. the <l ay e er ) 1 oung lac.Jy look\ forward tO- y'OU r v. euu ing da 1 ~ I t ua\\.ne<l v..ith a heautifLtl t1n– ri5e anti ) ou \.\tere tip to g r eet it. Oh the hu tie anu htt,tl c of that Lia,, ~o , 111an \ I i t t I e th I ng l o at tend to a t the ., la t n1inute. Finall\ w ith eve r\·thing . - '-' ,n order. the hou r arr1veu. I n Ll1 e . till - nc,~ of the n1on1ent ""ith the o r gan '-' 11ll1 1ng S(llll. 11\c \\h11c fi ll\. 'I!\ lcnll 111g 1'1 ·1r a1tt.l 111 :i. th· ca11tll "s g, 1ng a Sll lt hue. \<1u \.\alkcl l t1r lhc aisle 11 < l I, l ll g ' r < 1 t 11 Ii I t I c g 11 I : 11111 a g I o\\ 1ng l)l!autllul l1ritlc tc, 111ec1 lhc t1us ,.,anti \\t' hatl 11ra ctl al1<1ut whc1 11 ( rtlt l '1.itl give n }' <.,LI. I he.; \\<l J ltl l1ad I ,• k cn <) n a 11 c w h ll l! , \ \! i I i 1 a rc ~ 1 <) n s,l1il1 1~ t<1<1 . Y<lll \Ve re a wi f e. Whc11 \.\' cl s c r (' c ' c <. I I n l h i" r( 1 I ('? I n y() ll r ( J u 1 <. I c l1 < l Cl k• I h c 13 d1 I c )' < l ll <.: ar r i c <. I t, t h c n 1 a r r ,a g <: a 11 c r . y c> u f <, u n c. I I h( answer in JJr<>V. JI, nc11 <>n l y fo r a \.\ i f c l1 u l a n, <. > t t 1 cr as ""'c 11 Y < > u f oun <. I . She 111t1'it l-,c trt1 "i lW<>r th y ( \.C r \c 11) \ he n1L1 \l l1c t lil1gcr1 t ( v. 1 J): ~he n1u s1 l1c '.-vi\C (V 1(1). '-I ll e n1ust h ,tVC l()V(. and Ctl l11()H'i\ic1n ( v. 2<>) · c.,he r11u s1 ha ve got1tl influence ( v 21 - 3 1) , he n1u , 1 have ,el f -control (v 26) , he r11u ,t l1c ho norahle ( v 28). J. The fir c;, t little o ne wa horn' (J o<. ha<l entrti \ teu )OU v.,ith a life to n1o l<.J to train ( Prov. 22:()) Y ou asked ··what i , trai n i ng'?·· Tra1n1ng 1, gu1<.l· ,ng th e gr owth and uevelopn1ent ol children in 111en1al . 111<,rt1! tin(/ p/1,si cc1/ ar eas hy instruc tic>11. e.rc1111ple an<. cl i.\c·ipline. T H - B T c; JOA c·r 1 AMPL ! Y oti hau to ~c ttl e 1r 1 ou r own minu what kind of a per ..,o n you wanteu you r child to hecon1e whic h uirec ti o n 1 ·ou wanted him tc go. then tra in him in that direc t1or h} ' you r e an1 p I e. I t w a hard . o n1e tin1e\ you wondereu who was <loin! the trai ning. but you found Jame, I : 5-6 wa till in the Bible and tha Gou kept H i~ pron1i e. I t wa ever n1or e difficu l t when the econd ont ca n1e then the third and fourth Then you learned the meaning o f ( Roni . 5:3-5, Prov. 1():12, Joh r 13:35, Phil . 4:7) and many other Then one by one they left the ne t l t wa ad to . ee the fir t o ne go. ye· you were happy for him, then th( nex t o ne. H ow quickl y the time hac gone ince they were litt le one' abou your feet . Jame 4: 14 began to takt on a new meaning for you . Y o t1r children ar e nov.. all gone Y o t1 are left with n1en1orie . Are the, . good o ne ? I hope . o. Yott now hav( a new r o le, that of n1o ther- i n-la'A anc grandn1other. The Bible i till you Guidebook ( ph . 5: 3 1) . Wh at doe· it . ay? Y o u r eared your children tc leave \OU, \ our on for ano ther wo • # ,nan to love and care for . Y out <laughter-in-law i not yoLt! -- ht doe5n·t do thing like you Li o then, Of cottr e vou ca n d o then, better .., hut they are not yours to do an) longer for you r o n . H E I H RS Y ot1r ~on-in-l av.' n1ay not baby you daughter like \.'OU did. but he i nc ...... longer }our. . HE I HIS! I f ther< ar e prohlem. . the 1· \.Viii have to wor l it out toge ther . A '.-vi . e woman con trol her to ngue (Prov. 3 1:26) . elf cont rol i still neeued . I f advice I "ough t , gi ve it gr ac iou I)' and kindl) THE OH 10 INDEPENDENT BAPTIS