I by W. Robert Smith everything was different. Somebody had cared.” Never underestimate how much af fection means in the proper develop ment of the Christian home. The Lord made us this way so that we would seek affection from the dear Saviour Himself. If you have been denied love in your childhood, do not deny it to your little ones. They will grow up the same way as you have. Seek the amazing, overwhelming love of our Saviour. To excuse ourself by saying, “I can’t love him (or her) because he (or she) is not lovable, is folly. Cer tainly I was not lovable when the Lord Jesus Christ died for me. The Saviour loves us even unto death. He has set the pattern we need to follow for our children. Your children seek your ap proval in what they do. Many times we fail to recognize the enormous pres sures upon the average teenager to conform to his group. If we fail to satisfy this need of approval by good behaviour, then they will seek atten- Vickie Hansen, Biola student from San Diego, an employee in the school fountain, hands a soda to a delighted fellow Biolan, Jerry Boerner of Downey, California. Standing in the background, waiting on other customers, is Joann Hartvigsen of Bremerton, Washington. With the proposed student union build ing this popular facility will be moved, allowing room lor the present room to expand in order that needs of the growing enrollment may be met.
PARENTAL LOVE
O N E OF t h e most unfortunate things of life is that many of us do not understand our own weaknesses and desires. All of us have physiological needs. In body chemistry one must have food, water, air, elimination, temperature, and such things. We nat urally want to avoid pain, seeking pro tection from external dangers. We need activity, rest and exercise. One of the most basic needs, however, re gardless of age is affection. There must be a security of love. Without this the individual will be out of bal ance and feel alone. A daughter said, “I never remem ber my father-giving me a kiss until I was 18 years of age.” A woman told me, “I don’t remember my mother ever saying that she loved me until she was on her death bed.” The result was that as a wife, she had real difficulty accepting her husband’s love. Her life had been blighted. If we understand our deficiencies, then we are on the way toward correcting them. How our children need love in a way which they can understand. The most important aspect of our personalities, in terms of solving problems, is the capacity to love; to care about other people in the broadest sense. You and I must con cern ourselves with that which is be yond the borders of our own yards. Families without love are manufac turing plants for delinquency because no one cares. A person recently told me, “I was about to commit suicide. I didn’t because I didn’t have the cour age to do it. But I don’t think any body cares for me. My mother used to say, ‘You’ll never get married. Who would ever want to live with you ?’ My sister tells me, ‘You’re so ugly!’ This has been true all my life. Then somebody gave me a word of encour agement. A Christian woman talked to me and before I left, she placed a kiss on my cheek. As I drove home the skies seemed more luminous and
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