“Walk a little plainer, Daddy,” said a little boy so frail.
“I’m following in your footsteps and I don’t want to fail.

Sometimes your steps are very plain, sometimes they’re
hard to see.
So walk a little plainer, Daddy, for you are leading me.

I know that you once walked this way many years ago.
And what you did along the way I’d really like to know.

For sometimes when I’m tempted, I don’t know what to do.
So, walk a little plainer, Daddy, for I must follow you.

Someday when I am grown up, you are like I want to be,
Then I will have a little boy, who will want to follow me.

And I would want to lead him right and help him to be true.
So, walk a little plainer, Daddy, for we must follow you.”

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Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it.  Proverbs 22:6 NLT

The Lord is like a father to His children, tender and compassionate to those who fear Him.  Psalm 103:13 NLT

In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. Matthew 5:16 ESV

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“Every father should remember that one day his son will follow his example, instead of his advice.” - Charles F. Kettering

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