1. Do I want my children to believe truth, know the
importance of honesty, and have the blessed assurance of salvation someday?
2. Am I prepared to compromise that possibility with a lie
about Jolly ole St. Nick and the promise of temporal joy for every girl and
boy?
3. Am I prepared to cement that lie as I add a secondary
falsehood (with a little felt hat) on my mantel piece?
4. Can I commit to perpetuating these lies daily by moving
the doll around the house and encouraging the children to share their dreams
and wishes with the enchanted tattle-tale?
5. How do I feel about teaching my children to conjure up
magic through their own authority and action (naming the elf or touching the
elf)?
6. Am I okay with persuading my children to “behave” through
means of dishonesty and controlled paranoia rather than training them up in the
way they should go?
7. What will happen to my children’s hearts (and all the the
truths I shared about Christ) when they find out it was all a lie?
"The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.” – Proverbs 20:7
Great post. I can't understand why Christians continue to lie about Santa and the elf, for the children only to realize later that it was all a hoax. They will wonder and become skeptical about Jesus being a myth and that is something I never want.
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