Our Valuable Children
One proud father said to his little boy,
"I've got news for you, my big boy. God has
sent you a beautiful baby brother."
"Great!" yelped the little boy.
"Where's Mom? I can't wait to tell
her!"
His sister, however, wasn't nearly as excited
about the arrival. After a few days her father
asked, "Aren't you happy about having a new
baby brother?"
"Not really," she admitted. "I
wanted a little sister so we could play girl
games when she got bigger. And we can't give him
back. We've used him for five days."
She may likely grow to cherish her little
brother. For children the world over should be
cherished. They are, and always have been, our
most valuable resource.
Peter De Vries has said, "The value of
marriage is not that adults produce children, but
that children produce adults." It's today's
children who will be tomorrow's adults. We must
treat them with the utmost care; we must
responsibly educate and train our young people;
we must, above all, show them the value of love
for all people.
An unknown author put it succinctly: "A
child is a person who is going to carry on what
you have started. He or she is going to sit where
you are sitting and attend to those things which
you think are important. You may adopt all the
policies you please, but how they will be carried
out depends on our young people. They will assume
control of your duties, states and nation. They
are going to move in and take over your churches,
schools, universities and corporations. All your
books will be judged, praised or condemned by
them. The fate of humanity is in their hands. So
it might be well to pay young people
attention."
Remember, the best thing to spend on your
children is time.
Today.
- Steve Goodier - |
