Choreographed fraternal pugnacity!

What, my son? When you are the best in the world!

To me you are always the best Ezra in the world. Even when you have a temper tantrum and I can't tell if you are faking or really doing poorly! You took your shot from the doctor, very maturely.

ON the other hand, Socks and a clean shirt on picture day? Why? You have taught me, mommy, that my soul is the most important and I know that my picture is my mother's most treasured, whatever it looks like.

We really did try to get a clean shirt. In fact we had 3 alternatives, but, as I made the left to go to the doctor's office the spots called out my attention. I mustn't change them, mother. They are significant! How is it significant for you to show the dirt of your toothpaste and sundry other spots on your yearly picture.

My soul is clean, though my shirt may not be.

I pray that your soul would be the most important adornment that you are showing off and that you learn to see the imitation of God's excellence as a thing to aspire to, as well. We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. Let us glorify Him in our excellencies, as well as in our infirmities. and let us not rejoice, until the race is fully run for our souls.

We Got through Chapter One of our catechism.

It seems so much harder the older you are to go back to the basics. We must never let them slip out of our grasp. Earlier years we tried bigger bites at earlier ages. I will never know if they really listened when we were reading "Westminster and Heidleberg", Stepping Heavenward and Berkhoff when they were youngsters. Sometimes it doesn't seem so.

Then, I look at someone like Horatio Nelson, who was reared in the pablum of good doctrine, just to become a man of war. It seems such a waste. I do hope that these heartfelt attempts to introduce you to the God of peace will produce a peace in your heart that will resonate and become contagious. Don't miss the opportunity to walk with God from your youngest days.