Those Boys

Do you remember the young boy who brought the loves and fishes to Jesus’ disciples? His simple demonstration of faith belies the fact that he was, after all, a boy. Those urchins, how they bring us to the full range of our emotional limits. They are so capable of both high acts of thoughtfulness and seemingly total self absorption. The following poem by an unknown author might reflect many a parent’s daily thoughts.
“Boys! Boys! Boys!
We thank Thee, God,
For the gift of them;
For the glorious reach
And the lift of them:
For the gleam of them
and the dream in them;
for the things they teach
And the cords they reach;
For the ways of them
And the blaze of them.
Boys! Boys! Boys!
And we thank Thee, god,
for the light in them.
And for the might in them;
For the urge in them;
And the surge in them;
For the thoughts they wake
And the paths they break;
For the gong in them
And the song in them.”