They Came From Babies
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009Precious In God’s Sight
–Irving D. Larson
–Irving D. Larson
Queen Victoria was seated alongside John Bright at a dinner which included many of the leading scholars of the country. Finding it quite difficult to carry on a conversation with him, the Queen finally asked him, “where did all these learned men come from?” “That’s easy,” he replied, “they came from babies.” At this the Queen broke into laughter, the ice was broken, and the conversation had no lack of words from then on.
We might ask the same question this way, “Where do all the pastors, missionaries, evangelists and church leaders come from?” The answer is that they came from babies, and we do well to remember that as we teach and train the little ones in our homes and churches. It is a well known fact that the large percentage of those who are in some kind of full-time service for God were saved at an early age, and are the products of good Christian training in their childhood.
A farmer was walking over his farm with a friend, exhibiting his crops, herds of cattle, and flocks of sheep. The friend was greatly impressed and highly pleased, especially with the splendid sheep. He had seen the same breed many times before, but had never seen such fine specimens. Upon asking the farmer how he succeeded in rearing such fine flocks, he received this simple answer, “I take special care of the lambs.”
The moral is obvious. We must give high priority to the little ones God has entrusted to us, and our teaching and training will bring rich dividends in God’s own time.
. . . and they each had a turn at moving the flag pole . . .
Looks like I need to give some lessons on hanging up the laundry . . . 
