We are products of our environment it is said <br />and from birth through life we are variously led <br />From infancy to childhood others are in charge <br />When you are little, others seem rather large. <br /> <br />A child needs benevolent and respectful care <br />As well as being taught to love and play fair. <br />If a child is taught to respect God and others <br />He will love himself and likewise his brothers. <br /> <br />Whether our childhood was nurturing or not <br />Comes the time when we must deal with our lot <br />The decisions we make will color our future <br />And show what we're made of as we mature. <br /> <br />If victory is to be won, it's upon God we trust <br />Knowing, loving and serving Him well we must. <br />Getting through life is hard enough we all know <br />Traveling with the Lord is the only sure way to go. <br /> <br />Guide the little ones in the ways of the Lord <br />So they, too, will praise Him, and to Him accord <br />All Honor, All Glory, and All Adoration <br />hearts full of joy and expectation, <br />toward the day of eternal jubilation <br />and <br />infinite exaltation. <br /> <br />4-22-08<br /><br />Carmela Patterson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-child-needs/
