If I Were Sending My Boy Afar…
If I were sending my boy afar
To live and labor where strangers are,
I should hold him close till the time to go,
Telling him things which he ought to know;
I should whisper counsel and caution wise,
Hinting of dangers which might arise,
And tell him the things I have learned from life,
Of its bitter pain and its cruel strife
And the sore temptations which men beset,
And then add this: “Boy, don’t forget
When your strength gives out and your hope grows dim,
Your father will help if you come to him.”
If I were sending a boy away,
I should hold him close, on the parting day,
And give him my trust. Through thick and thin
I should tell him I counted on him to win,
To keep his word at whatever cost,
To play the man though his fight be lost.
But beyond all that I should whisper low:
“If trouble comes, let your father know;
Come to him, son, as you used to do
When you were little—he’ll see you through.
I am trusting you in a distant land.
You trust your father to understand.
“Trust me wherever you chance to be,
Know there is nothing to hide from me,
Tell me it all—your tale of woe,
The sting of failure that hurts you so.
Never, whatever your plight might be,
Think it something to hide from me;
Come to me first in your hour of need,
Come though you know that my heart will bleed!
Boy, when the shadows of trouble fall,
Come to your father first of all.”
~ ~ Collected Verse of Edgar A. Guest ~ 1934
Reminders …
“Passing the Baton of Leadership
... to the Next Generation”
This is what it’s all about, dads.
- Father-Son Retreat – August 23-25th
- Registration deadline – August 11th
- The entire Lazy F Camp is now reserved, so we have more bunkhouse cabin, tent, and RV spaces available
- Cabin and RV spaces are limited and filling quickly.
- Click here for Details and to Register.
Christian Heritage Regional Homeschool
Kick-Off Picnics
- Getting to know homeschooling families outside your immediate circle can bring tremendous refreshment & encouragement to your family.
- Take advantage of these picnics to do just that. Free fun, recreation, relaxation, and fellowship from 2:00-7:00
- September 8th
Spokane’s Plant’s Ferry County Park
Battleground’s Lewisville Park - September 15th
Puyallup’s Bradley Lake Park
Richland’s Leslie Grove Park - Click here for Details and to RSVP
Exquisite Mother & Daughter Teas …
Right Around the Corner
- “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Rules the World”
- From 9:30-4:00
- October 13th ~ Olympia’s “Heritage Room”
- October 20th ~ Spokane’s Athletic Club “Georgian Room”
- Click here for Details and to Register
Suggestion for Scripture Meditation as the New School Year Approaches …
The First Eleven or So Chapters of Deuteronomy
Reading through this section of scripture during the past few days has provided us a crystal clear reminder of just what our focus must be—always, no matter what is happening
around us:
- Know & treasure God and His Word
- Obey God’s Word for your good and for His glory
- And pass this on to your children and your children’s children for their good and for God’s glory.
Parents, this IS what it’s all about:
Only give heed to yourself and keep your soul diligently, so that you do not forget the things which your eyes have seen and they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your sons and your grandsons. Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when the LORD said to me, ‘Assemble the people to Me, that I may let them hear My words so they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may
teach their children.
Deuteronomy 4:9-10
Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require from you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the LORD’S commandments and His statutes which I am commanding you today
for your good?
Deuteronomy 10:12-13
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we
do not grow weary.
Galatians 6:7-9
All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.
2 Timothy 3:14-17