Some things I am wondering this morning at 1 a.m. --

What if it were against the law to threaten a child?

What if family values were based on children's values?

Would Jesus really care if a 13 year old's room was "tidy"?

Would Jesus care if they got high marks in maths?

Would Jesus care if they used "bad" grammar?

Would he care if they mispelled words when writing a letter to comfort a friend?

Would a person's hero care if they were overweight?

Can you be in love with someone you have never met?

Can you be in love with someone 30 years younger than you?

If an 11 year old was being hit by her father and had lost her mother, would you critcize her spelling if she wrote a plea for help?

If a 12 year old's father never hugged her or told her he loved her, would you judge her by her clothing?

If a 13 year old started using drugs because she had lost her mother, her father hit her and never hugged her or said "I love you", and people were criticizing her spelling and judging her because of her clothing, would you want her to go to jail for breaking the law?

If a 43 year old man met her over the Internet when she was 11, grew to love her over a period of three years without ever even seeing a picture of her, wanted to protect her, give her a save place to live, hug her and tell her how much he loves her, would you want him to go to jail?

Does putting a person in jail help fill their unmet emotional needs for love and belonging?

If a fourteen year old were cutting herself almost daily with razor blades because she was in so much emotional pain from never feeling safe, never feeling loved and not being allowed to be with the one person she does love and who loves her, would you want her to be locked up in a mental hospital and then put in solitary confinement if she struggled for her freedom?

Does locking a teenager up in a mental hospital help fill their unmet needs for love and beloning? What about sending them to an obedience camp in Jamaica?

Would society be better off if we tried to help fill each other's unmet emotional needs instead of trying to control each other with threats and punishment?

Would the human race have more chance of survival if we started spending more time learning from children and teenagers instead of trying to teach them in our schools?

Does an 11 year old, a 12 year old, a 13 year old or a 14 year old have anything to say worth listening to and taking seriously?

What about a 10 year old, or a 9 year old or an 8 year old?

What about a 7 year old or a 6 year old or a 5 year old?

These are just some things I am wondering...