Admonition
A Voice from the Window
Jawanza Kunjufu, in his book, Restoring the Village, writes:
When I was a 14-year-old high school freshman, school was dismissed early for a teachers’ meeting. I conveniently neglected to tell my parents about the change and arranged to bring my girlfriend over to my house. We weren’t planning to study.
As we were going up the steps, my neighbor, Mrs. Nolan, poked her head out of a window and said, “You’re home awfully early, Jerome.”
“Yes, Ma’am,” I said, improvising a lame story about how we planned to review algebra problems.
“Does your mother know you’re home this early,” Mrs. Nolan persisted, “and do you want me to call her?”
I gave up. “No, Ma’am. I’ll go inside and call her while Kathy sits on the porch.”
Mrs. Nolan saved our careers that day. If Kathy had gotten pregnant, she might not have become the doctor she is today. And my father had warned me that if I made a baby, the mutual fund he set up for me to go to college or start a business would have gone to the child. I’m glad Mrs. Nolan was at her window, looking out for me.
Romans 15:14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
1 Corinthians 4:14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
Editor’s note: This is a true fact today I have talks to so many young people who have said I wish I would of stayed in college, not that they would want to give up their child but they are working in places like Fast food restaurant, Walmart, Dunkin Donuts when they could of done so much better if they would of stayed in college.
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