Precious Treasures

(A poem I wrote when I was underway this past fall)

Precious treasures; gifts from God.

Hold and love them for they'll soon be gone. 

For just like arrows strung on a bow,

You'll lead and teach them, but then you must let go.

So treasure each moment as though it's the last.

You'll never regret this time when it's passed.

So take the little hands in yours and do not delay,

In loving and hugging and correcting today.

Train up the little hearts to follow hard after Christ

To love and to trust Him and give Him their lives.

So live in the present and treasure its worth;

For yesterday is gone and tomorrow is yet to give birth.

For shorter than the blink of an eye,

These few precious years will have all too soon flown by.

And know as I look back at the days of the past;

The time with my family was truly a blast!