Martha Marie and I are crazy about each other and our little girl Selah. Selah has been such a joy in our lives and is so cute and sweet and she knows it.
As parents we are striving to ”Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.” (Proverbs 22:6) What this does not mean is that she has a reservation in heaven just because:
- we “raise her right” or
- she is “sweet and cute” or
- “her daddy is a pastor” or
- she “goes to church” or
- she is “a good girl”.
Matthew 7:21 says ”Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.”
Selah, like everyone else, will be held accountable to ”do the will of the Father” as she nears the ability to discern right and wrong and to choose to accept or reject Christ as her savior. Our “sweet little girl” is just as sinful as the rest of us and has no hope for heaven without the saving grace of Jesus Christ and a relationship with Him.
In the mean time, Martha Marie and I will continue to “raise her in the way she should go so she will not depart from it” and pray that she would choose to let Jesus Christ forgive her for her sins.
