My little girl had a birthday last week. Birthdays are good for reflections, and I did a few. Not fully understanding the blessings and challenges of raising a daughter, I had asked God for one, and God agreed. One of my favorite memories was when she was four years old. The back story is that her Daddy was a huge Willie Nelson fan, being the only Seminary professor with a personalized, autographed picture of Willie in his office. So, Willie was frequently heard around our house and in our car. On a Sunday afternoon, I received a phone call from a rather irate woman who asked, \u201cWhat are you teaching your daughter at home?\u201d Before I could answer, I heard the rest of the story. Seems at Sunday School that morning, this teacher had asked the children for their favorite song to sing, whereupon, my daughter replied, \u201cWhiskey River, Take My Mind\u201d \u2013 not exactly a Sunday School song! The point of my remembrance, and today\u2019s Manna warning, is that you never know what impressions you are making on your children. The real \u201crest of the story\u201d is that we survived. She is still a Willie Nelson fan, as well as a wonderful mother to my grandchildren and grandmother to my great-grandson, and I am as proud of her today as I was when she was four. \u201cMany daughters have done well, but you excel them all\u201d (Proverbs 31:29). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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