Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Triumphant Training

"A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honor, and life. Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them. Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it" (Proverbs 22:3,4,6).

Now train up your children (as well as yourself)
In all of the ways God would have them to go.
There's much more to training than books on a shelf;
It's more about DOING those things that you know.

Teach from the Bible the evil foreseen,
From which we with prudence will do well to hide.
Show by example a thought life that's clean,
By the fear of the Lord and hatred of pride.

Show them the dangerous thorns and the snares
That lie in the way of the froward in heart.
Train them to cast on the Lord all their cares;
There's no better time than the present to start.

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