Beautiful Innocence...

Mark 9:36-37 Then He took a little child and set him in the midst of them.And when He had taken him in His arms, He said to them, “Whoever receives/welcomes one of these little children in My name receives/welcomes Me;and whoever receives/welcomes Me, receives/welcomes not Me but Him who sent Me.” What holiest of holy honour to diligently pour our bestinto the ministry of their equipping/training, at home, school and church!,And, as we do so, often we are trained in the way we should go, as we seek to train them in the way they should go... “Children are not a distraction from more important work.They are the most important work.”– Dr. John Trainer To leave children without principles isnot to make them freebut it is to render them helpless!!Alistair Begg in I am often breathlessly honoured and awedas my life/arms are run through with Innocence,a sacred charge from God! beautiful innocenceprecious and pure in hearttender target for influenceso subtle at the start sweet curiosityhow eager childhood's hasteso much to hear! so much to see!so much to touch and taste how sacred is the roleof training children, oh to tell of faith that saves the soulof God who loves them so to teach Innocence truthis life's most somber chargeto earnestly equip fair youth to face the world at large How vile to shirk love's dueto watch innocence dimthen, loose/lose them without virtue toungoverned want and whim sweet innocence indeedprecious and pure, so then we ought to give most earnest heedto how we lead. amen Janet Martin Ps.78:1-7Give ear, O my people, to my instruction;listen to the words of my mouth.I will open my mouth in parables;I will utter things hidden from the beginning,that we have heard and knownand our fathers have relayed to us.We will not hide them from their childrenbut will declare to the next generationthe praises of the LORD and His mightand the wonders He has performed.For He established a testimony in Jacoband appointed a law in Israel,which He commanded our fathersto teach to their children,that the coming generation would know them—even children yet to be born—to arise and tell their own childrenthat they should put their confidence in God,not forgetting His works,but keeping His commandments...