Deborah 13- Servant to God

Amazing the mind of a thirteen year old, dreams of what life has to offer mixed with hormones from the developing body. However it seems not all thirteen year old's are like this.

I watched a programme the other night which was entitled "Deborah 13 servant to God". Initially i was going to turn it off, but the first opening lines of the programme made me continue to watch it.

This programme was about a girl who lived out on a farm with her parents and her nine brothers and sisters. They never went to school, everyone was home taught and they never left the farm for anything else than a trip to the local supermarket.

Life for this girl when viewed by a conventional family seemed bleak, with no friends and nothing to do. But this girl seemed to thrive, loving each and everyday.

However when she began to talk of god and the relationship which she believed she had with him it then became apparent that she had led such a sheltered life that she was almost brainwashed and was unable to think freely without considering what "god" was going to think.

I don't believe in god personally but I do believe that people have used faith in may different ways and for some it may heal pain, whilst for others it reforms their behaviour. Deborah, didn't have this insight though, she believed he would judge her.

A child of thirteen should never have to be constantly thinking what "He" upstairs is going to think , it is a time when mistakes are made and that you then build on them to make you a better person in the long run. She commented that she didn't mind not having any friends and only seeking company from her siblings, but how could she not mind? She had never had them in the first place so was unaware of what she was missing.

The upside to her life was that she had never had to experience the cruelty of the world, had never had to see how truly awful some people can be and had never had to be and the end of someones foul behaviour. She had no concept of relationships; only that you got married and then never left that person. Her ideals were beautiful in some respects, but it did make her seem so vulnerable. What happens when she does get married? If that said individual happens to be a control freak that likes to use his hands against her? She would be in effect "easy-pickings" to such an individual. Would she leave him to get herself the life she deserves or would she stick to her vows as she didn't want to disappoint God?

I wish every child could have her life to some extent then maybe childhoods wouldn't be robbed, but ultimately I believe that if you are a good parent and help your child, then the bad things in life that a child may see, will only help them to become better more rounded individuals in the future.