HOWARD BANKHEAD
Blog: March 2013
“Give Our Young People A Chance!”
History is one of the best teachers we have and I believe that history repeats itself. Good or bad, if change is not implemented in some form or fashion, history will repeat itself. As the bible verse Ecclesiastes 1:9 New International Version (NIV) says, “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again, there is nothing new under the sun.”
Being a believer, I believe in the word! Therefore let’s use the positive side of history as a guide or an example on how to live our lives.
Our young people desire the best possible opportunity to be successful especially during these crazy times of dysfunctional governments, corrupt politicians, greedy business people and bad teachers. But the worst of all are bad parents and guardians. I wonder what impact it’s having on the young people of today. Just think about the lives of the black kids and teenagers and what they had to endure during slavery, peonage, and the Jim Crow laws. Therefore, let’s effect change by exercising some of the positive values of history.
Giving our youth a chance to reach their God given potential will take traditional family values and or a program like the 3-5-10 Mentoring Initiative. You can found more information about the 3-5-10 Mentoring Initiative in my archives on the bottom of this page.
Another spiritual saying that I love is Proverbs 22:6 (NKJV), “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” It is evident that we have gotten away from those values. But that can change too! We don’t have to be a victim to the negative influences of the mass marketing of sex, violence and vulgarity in today’s pop-culture.
Equipping our young people with the proper habits of surviving and living in this world will give them the capacity to appreciate the trappings of pop-culture and modern day technology without being consumed by them.
When our youth receive and realize the innate power of spiritual values, strong work ethics, respect and love for others is when they will become empowered to endure the negative frailties of our fellowman.
History repeats itself and given the opportunity, the positive side will always prevail! Everything we do today will be history but yet will affect the future! The future is looking bright and very interesting for us. In our futures blogs, we will share more thoughts and information and pray that you will be encouraged to make a positive impact and effect history.
Stay tuned!…My future blogs include: Workforce Initiative; College and Career Readiness; Developing Leaders.
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Howard Bankhead
Executive Director
Tennessee Valley Youth Golf Development
604 Jordan Lane
Huntsville, AL 35816 USA
