As we wait for the blizzard to hit in the Northeast, how about a little fun with a serious message? I am writing a chapter on the gospel and the need of our children for conversion.
This quotation is in the chapter
The fairest child, who has entered life this year and become the sunbeam of a family, is not, as his mother perhaps fondly calls him, a little “angel” or a little “innocent,” but a little “sinner.” Alas! As that infant boy or girl lies smiling and crowing in its cradle, that little creature carries in its heart the seeds of every kind of wickedness! Only watch it carefully, as it grows in stature and its mind develops, and you will soon detect in it an incessant tendency to that which is bad, and a backwardness to that which is good. … The first cause of all sin lies in the natural corruption of the boy’s own heart, and not in public schools. – J.C. Ryle
HT: Tom Ascol
I hate to say it, but I am sitting here with my daughter laughing!! It really is amazing how quickly our sin nature manifests itself. Thanks for the adorable but all too real reminder.