Many of
us grew up saying the pledge of allegiance at school every morning in the classroom. The every-dayness of it set it firmly in memory and perhaps in disposition as well. I saw a little video recently of a father and son reciting a different, home-made pledge.
The father was dropping his son off at school, but before the child got out of the car they said together:
Tag: wisdom
“A new year is a nursling, a babe of time, a prophecy and promise,” MBEddy writes.
As one year passes into another, we often feel an impulse to examine the old year and see what progress we might have experienced and to put hope and expectation into the year to come. To be grateful for the year’s blessings is important. To learn where we could improve, without self-condemnation, is also useful.
“Behold, I have set before you an open door, and no man can shut it:”Rev. 3:8
We have this open door in front of us continually. No one can shut it, not even 
ourselves. It is the door of opportunity, purpose, accomplishment. It is the door to life in Christ, set before each of us. It invites, it welcomes, it encourages.
But we have to take the steps to walk through it.