It’s Friday! Rejoice! It’s another day that we are allowed to experience because our God is so very good to us!

This morning, as I was getting ready for work, I kept hearing that old song “momma don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys…”

WHY?

I had no idea until, while brushing my teeth, I heard about the felony accounts against Chris Brown. Apparently the saga continues.

Details are emerging about the night when both stars made the headlines. According to Good Morning America:
- Chris allegedly got a text message from another girl… was Rihanna thinking infidelity? - for the violence to escalate like this, maybe the text was more than a friendly “hello.”
- An argument ensued.
- Chris allegedly beats Rihanna, pulling her into a headlock and biting her ear. Her mouth fills with blood which escapes down her face and shirt.
- Rihanna calls her assistant – tells her to call the cops.
- Chris allegedly threatens her with death.
- Bail money.
- Appearances cancelled.
- 3 weeks later - Rihanna took him back.
- The rest (and even this) is well-known, including the court appearance made by Chris yesterday.

This is not a post about domestic violence. I don’t know enough to even try to post about it. I do know I don’t believe in it.

But I can’t help but to tie in that “momma, don’t let you babies grow up to be….pop stars.” Okay, that’s my own rendition. But, still.

I think we can learn something here about pushing our children out into the spotlight before their time of maturity. Talent is not equivalent to maturity.

Meltdown after meltdown has been witnessed all over the entertainment scene after pop-star after pop-star falls from their respective pedestal that their fans put them on and which they gladly stayed on until “that certain situation” knocked them off balance.

What then can we say to mothers that push their children into the spotlight. I’d tell them to take a backseat. If you want to push your child into anything, push them into the arms of the Lord. If you make sure that you are exposing your child to the things of God then the child has more opportunity to make better informed decisions about the direction of their lives. They will learn to seek God for His direction.

The talents that pop-stars have are all god-given. People will talk about their voice or their dancing ability or whatever. Well, all abilities come from God. It’s just that we tend to pervert that ability and talent and turn it into something we can use for worldly gain. That was never God’s intention. We are to use our talents and gifts to glorify Him.

So until we get the message, I can only suspect that the stars will keep failing. Momma’s, don’t let your babies grow up to be pop-stars.