God's Delightful Creation - Children!

If you want to know how handsome or pretty you are, ask a child! He will definitely give you an honest answer!

Since the time I read, "The Emperor's New Clothes" four decades ago, children have still remained the same.... brutally honest. For those of you who do not know the story, I will give you a summary. Someone wanted to teach the vain emperor a lesson. He told the emperor he was going to spin some gold fabrics and made a great suit out of it. Only the good and kind would be able to see the suit. If people could not see the suit, it implied they were people of vile character. The emperor was very excited. Although he could not see the material being spun, he pretended he could.

When the suit was completed, the emperor had to wear it and parade around town to show off his new suit. Many people could not see the suit but pretended they could. Suddenly, a loud voice burst out, "Mummy, the emperor is not wearing any clothes....only his underclothings!" cried a six year old boy.

I love children. They are so pure, winsome, innocent and cute. I used to babysit babies and children when I was studying at the University of Alberta. I also enjoyed helping my sister Ean Ean at her kindergarten.

If I find anyone abusing any child, my "fangs" will come out. Once I saw a frustrated mother spanking her child too hard at the bus stop. I gently advised her that she needed to improve her ways of handling her child and asked her to go for help and counselling.

Below is an article I received from "Send It Out Newsletter". Hope it will tickle your funny bones and convince you that children are God's precious and delightful gifts!

HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHO TO MARRY?
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"You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming."
Alan, age 10
"No person really decides before they grow up who they're going to marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you're stuck with."
Kirsten, age 10
WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED?
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"Twenty-three is the best age because you know the person FOREVER by then."
Camille, age 10
"No age is good to get married at. You got to be a fool to get married."
Freddie, age 6
HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED?
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"Married people usually look happy to talk to other people."
Eddie, 6
"You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids."
Derrick, age 8
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON?
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"Both don't want no more kids."
Lori, age 8
WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE?
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"Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough.
Lynnette, age 8.
"On the first date, they just tell each other lies, and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date."
Martin, age 10
WHAT WOULD YOU DO ON A FIRST DATE THAT WAS TURNING SOUR?
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"I'd run home and play dead. The next day I would call all the newspapers and make sure they wrote about me in all the dead columns."
Craig, age 9
WHEN IS IT OK TO KISS SOMEONE?
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"When they're rich."
Pam, age 7
"The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn't want to mess with that."
Curt, age 7
"The rule goes like this: if you kiss someone, then you should marry them and have kids with them. It's the right thing to do."
Howard, age 8
IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED?
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"It's better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need someone to clean up after them."
Anita, 9
"Single is better, for the simple reason that I wouldn't want to change no diapers. Of course, if I did get married, I'd just phone my mother and have her come over for some coffee and diaper-changing."
Kirsten, age 10
HOW WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT IF PEOPLE DIDN'T GET MARRIED?
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"There sure would be a lot of kids to explain, wouldn't there?"
Kelvin, age 8
"You can be sure of one thing - the boys would come chasing after us just the same as they do now."
Roberta, age 7
HOW WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK?
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"Tell your wife that she looks pretty even if she looks like a truck."
Ricky, age 10