Hey, Ninja here. Public service announcement for moms. Yes, I know about you. I know that you like to read those homemaking blogs written by home school moms who faithfully teach their babes the precious truths of the Westminster Shorter Catechism (especially Q. 16). I know that your heart secretly grieves because you brought a little sinner into the world. You have read the words of J.C Ryle and heartily agree:
The fairest babe that has entered life this year, and become the sunbeam of a family, is not, as its mother perhaps fondly calls it, a little “angel,” or a little “innocent,” but a little “sinner.” Alas! as it lies smiling and crowing in its cradle, that little creature carries in its heart the seeds of every kind of wickedness! Only watch it carefully, as it grows in stature and its mind developes, and you will soon detect in it an incessant tendency to that which is bad, and a backwardness to that which is good. You will see in it the buds and germs of deceit, evil temper, selfishness, self-will, obstinacy, greediness, envy, jealousy, passion-which, if indulged and let alone, will shoot up with painful rapidity. Who taught the child these things? Where did he learn them? The Bible alone can answer these questions!-Of all the foolish things that parents say about their children there is none worse than the common saying, “My son has a good heart at the bottom. He is not what he ought to be; but he has fallen into bad hands. Public schools are bad places.
I especially agree with that last sentence about public schools. But I don’t want to get sidetracked here. I know that you have taken care to baptize your evil little infant (Question 95, hello!?). But maybe not everyone knows it. Don’t you know that the Bible says that the fruit of your wombs are a reward and that you will not be put to shame when you speak to your enemies at the gate? Therefore, take heart, and be unashamed in proclaiming your Reformed Faith to the nations by dressing your child clothing that proclaims the gospel! Shop at ReformedBabies.com.
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