Ok, now that I have you hooked... take a look at this: http://havingtwolegs.blogspot.com/2006/06/another-world-my-son-is-boy.html
It's not too long, and if you want to know who we're talking about, it's Toby and Jenny Sumpter's kiddo. And it's very well written.
But notice the kid. That's what I want my 2 y-o boy to be like. I don't want him to be perfect, because he will never be. But I want him to know who the bad guys are and who the good guys are. I want him to fight the bad guys and dragons and monsters. I want him to sing the Doxology when he's victorious. I want him to be tough, to take a knock or two without more than a whimper. I want to see him grit his teeth and get back up for more when a fellow soldier bops him on the head with his sword. I want him to have a hair's breadth of an understanding of the Lord's Supper and to sing The Lord's Prayer with a loud, off-key voice. I want him to love books, and most of all, to love the Bible and its stories. To love the story of David and Goliath, the fall of Jericho, Gideon, and the Gospels.
This is what I want for my son. But he's not here yet. As a matter of fact, he's way off. But I still want it. In fact, I want it for myself. But I guess I haven't gotten to that maturity level yet.
Back to Genesis and Adam and Eve, I say... back to the Beginning... and the reason for the Gospel.
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Amen to both of those posts.
I agree. Thanks for the link.
...to sing The Lord's Prayer with a loud, off-key voice.
He'll be your son. Of *course* he'll sing off-key.
:-P
Hullo? Daniel doesn't sing off-key! If he ever did, it was because you, Brad, and Ryan messed up the order of verses in Vitae......;-)
why thank you Liz... :-) I was beginning to feel offended... ;-)
Lol. At first I was going to ask Daniel, "Why do you want your son to sing off-key?" But then I changed my mind and decided to create a nonsensical insult. Nonsensical, of course, because we all know how well Daniel actually sings.
::bows to Daniel::
::in a gentlemanly way, I mean::
::Not a worshipy way::
::Well, maybe a little of both::
My reason for such a comment... of course a 2-yo will sing off key... he can't be as good as many right off the bat... :)
Brad... lol... yeah, whatever. ;-)
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