“I am like a child who awakes At the light, so safe and secureFree from night's fears when dawn breaks, In Thee I am ever secure.” ChildrenGodLightNightBreakSafeSecureTheeDawn Author:Rainer Maria Rilke
“There is a marvelous story of a man who once stood before God, his heart breaking from the pain and injustice in the world. "Dear God." he cried out, "look at all the suffering, the anguish and distress in your world. Why don't you send help?" God responded,"I did send help. I sent you." When we tell our children that story, we must tell them that each one of them was sent to help repair the broken world-and that it is not the task of an instant or of a year, but of a lifetime.” MenWorldInspirationalYearsLooksHeartChildrenGodHelpingStoriesChristianPainPurposeSufferingBrokenTasksOur ChildrenLifetimeInjusticeDearChristian InspirationalInstantMeaning Of LifeCriedDistressMarvelousAnguishHeart BreakDear GodGod Has A PlanHeart BreakingBroken WorldInjustice In The World Author:David Wolpe
“It is a fact that unless children are brought up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, they, and the society which they constitute or control, will go to destruction. Consequently, when a state resolves that religious instruction shall be banished from the schools and other literary institutions, it virtually resolves on self-destruction.” ChildrenSelfStatesGodFactsSchoolReligionReligiousEducationLordSocietyDestructionInstitutionsResolveInstructionNurtureTheologianSelf DestructionTeaching ChildrenAdmonitionBanishmentReligious EducationChristian Education Book:Systematic Theology Source: Systematic Theology
“God's treasury where He keeps His children's gifts will be like many a mother's store of relics of her children, full of things of no value to others, but precious in His eyes for the love's sake that was in them.” ChildrenGodEyeMotherValuesSakeStoresHis EyesTreasuryRelics Author:Francois Fenelon
“Perhaps we invented the gods so that we could put the blame on them. They gave us permission to eat flesh. They gave us permission to play with unclean things. It's not our fault, it's theirs. We're just their children.” ChildrenPlayGodBlameFaultsFleshPermission Book:The Lives of Animals: The Lives of Animals [Princeton Classics] Source: The Lives of Animals: The Lives of Animals [Princeton Classics]