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World, My Son Starts
School Today
World, take my son by the hand--he starts school today!
It is all going to be strange and new to him for a while, and I wish you would sort of treat him gently. You see, up to now he has been king of the roost. He has been boss of the back yard. I have always been around to repair his wounds, and I have always been handy to soothe his feelings.
But now things are going to be different. This morning he is going to walk down the front steps, wave his hand, and start on a great adventure that probably will include wars and tragedy and sorrow.
To live in this world will require faith and love and courage. So, World, I wish you would sort of take him by his young hand and teach him the things he will have to know.
Teach him--but gently, if you can.
He will have to learn, I know--that all men are not true. Teach him that for every scoundrel there is a hero; that for every enemy there is a friend.
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Let him learn early that the bullies are the easiest people to lick.
Teach him the wonder of books. Give him quiet time to ponder the eternal mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun, and flowers on a green hill.
Teach him that it is far more honorable to fail than to cheat. Teach him to have faith in his own ideas, even if everyone tells him they are wrong.
Try to give my son the strength not to follow the crowd when everyone else is getting on the bandwagon. Teach him to listen to all men, but to filter all he hears on a screen of truth and to take only the good that comes through.
Teach him to sell his brawn and brains to the highest bidders but never to put a price tag on his heart and soul. Teach him to close his ears on the howling mob--and to stand and fight if he thinks he is right.
Teach him gently, World, but do not coddle him, because only the test of fire makes fine steel.
This is a big order, World, but see what you can do.
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He is such a nice little fellow.
--Abraham Lincoln
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Quotes of Note:
"We buy things we don't need with money we don't have, to impress people we don't know" --Carl Brecheen
"The church can seldom resurrect what the home puts to death." --Charles Swindoll
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Marriage Still Takes Three
I once thought marriage took
Just two to make a go;
But now I am convinced
It takes the Lord, also.
And not one marriage fails
Where Christ is asked to enter
As partners come together
With Jesus at the center
But marriage seldom thrives,
And homes are incomplete,
Till He is welcomed there
To help avert defeat.
In homes where God is first,
It's obvious to see;
Those unions really work,
For marriage still takes three.
--via Fair Havens
Church of Christ
Bulletin
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