How do we pass on what we do not have ourselves and the first baby goats

On a recent Sunday morning our pastor was lamenting on the lack of maturity he finds in the youth of our church.  Much of this is because the youth of our culture are ingrained with the notion that they must be entertained constantly, hence the tuning out on personal music devices, the large number of computer video games, TV, movies, etc...  even their books must be action packed or they are deemed "boring".  Gone are the days when good books were meant to teach you valuable lessons on living right and developing good character.

However, the following Sunday our Pastor taught on Exodus 34, the passage that speaks on the sins of the fathers being passed on to the third and fourth generations.  Why are our youth living lives like they are?  Because we taught it to them!!  Our generation started the personal music craze with the walkman.  We began watching long hours of TV.  We despised agricultural and living off of the land for the ease of postage stamp lots in subdivisions and prepackaged/5 minute foods in the grocery store.  We don't take the time to read hard books because they are, well HARD!!  We don't practice the spiritual disciplines so why should be expect them from our children? We spend much of our time "working for the weekend" so we can be entertained.  Our children's lack of hard work and dumbing down is the manifestation of ourselves-we must clean up our act if we want the youth to change theirs.  Off my soap box for now...

On another note, the first baby goats of the season were born yesterday- 2 males.  They look strong and healthy and mama doe is doing great.  Pictures to come...