As I had asked him how he was doing, he told me that he had a culture shock with his new school. Studying in one of the prominent universities here has opened him to a lot of temptations coming from his peers. Knowing where he studied his high school and having grown up here in Manila, I have a clear understanding the daily struggles he faces.
This morning, my wife brought this topic up with me while having our breakfast. The conversation lead us to think of what would our children's future be. Comparing today's situation with that of ours just a little over a decade ago, the temptations of today are no different in their descriptions, just more intense and sophisticated. Peer pressure in the society has always been there, just different in its form and substance.
After we had our breakfast, I read news and other posts on the Internet. To what seemed like a hand of fate had placed everything together, two news articles have been trending today in the local web: Text scam and the latest child kidnapping modus operanda.
Since we know from Scripture that the world will only get worse, I am tempted to just keep our children away from the rest of the world and protect them from its bad elements. The world just keeps on getting worse in its continued downward spiral on sin and immorality. Sometimes, it's seemed safer for us to completely isolate ourselves from the world and live peacefully throughout your life, away from the troubles of the modern world.
But this path is not my lot, I think. And due to my vocation, I am called to be in the world but not of the world. I can only teach and guide my children, and protect them up to a certain point. And I just have to trust God and pray that my children will receive wisdom from Him on how to deal with the world's dark side.
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