Remembrances of my Childhood
As a child I played some of the things that I actually now do in “adult”
life. I would pretend to lead armies, organize assaults against imaginary
castles, fight evil creatures; and be the “Daniel Boone” of a group of
frontiersmen or an Indian warring against the evil tribe(s). All of these play
activities were preparation for my future leadership calling from the Lord. As
a man, I would need the leadership skills I played about. And now, as a young
man of seventeen, I am learning all the more how important leadership is in the
things God has called me to do: I must discipline myself to follow Christ; I
must make the choices to accomplish the goals that I have set and the Lord has
called me to do; I must teach and disciple others, faithfully leading the best life
example that I can.
As
a child, I enjoyed drawing a picture and now I do similar activities with my
computer: graphic design, snipping pictures, and newsletter design. I enjoyed
writing songs of praise to God; now I enjoy getting written material out to
others which will help them to grow closer to the Lord. I started pretend
companies and some small entrepreneurial endeavors back then, but now I am
forming companies, as well as business ideas on a larger scale. I would sit and
build with legos for hours on end, and in the process give names to many of
them in addition to homes, families, careers, churches, pastors, and kings. I
would form armies and experiment with different economic systems. By doing
these things, I set the basis of my interest in basic economics and politics.
As I refused to have heathen systems in my play cities (unless they were my idol-worshipping
enemies), I learned how God’s Word really apply to life.
I
could say much more of my childhood and how I loved to read; battled with
laziness and responsibility until something just clicked in my twelfth year;
how I chased girls because of ungodly desire; how I did not have many video
games, but played war, city, and economy building for hours on end; how I loved
listening to my mother read me great books and how my imagination would soar as
she did so; how I would spend much of my time running around the yard engaging
in strenuous sword fights, archery attacks, Indian raids, and musket fights
with my imaginary foes which would number in the hundreds, thousands, hundreds
of thousands and millions: yet my faithful band of a few thousand, or more
often 10 to 400, would manage to kill them all and win the day; and how the
Lord was important and murdering forbidden in those imaginary raids. . . . I could farther talk about my experiences as a
young man coming out of childhood and my new convictions and relationship with
the Holy Spirit. I also remember the sins: how I lusted, addicted myself to
video games and television, how I gossiped frequently and struggled in
friendships, how I pursued young women and how God prevented my quest, how I
yelled at my siblings, and how I struggled with changing into who God wanted me
to be; but again, how faithful and loving God was. And how God gave me purpose
when something just clicked inside of me one day as He spoke to my heart and
instilled a motivation to accomplish something: a GMA; and then to write a
book, and then . . . there is too much to say.
My
childhood was a time of fun and preparation as I look back. No, I’m not married
or leading my own family at this time or engaging in political battles, but I
believe that those are to come. The Biblical signs of the Last Days are evident
and our modern world continues to require great changes in how things are done.
Will the changes to come be Biblical? Will godly men change the course of the
impending doom as God stirs up revival? Or will society yield to Satan’s
destruction and collapse, hopeless and confused? I don’t know, but this I do:
God prepares us when we least expect it. . . .maybe even in your childhood.
