Children

“I remember a great man coming into my house, at Waltham, and seeing all my children standing in the order of their age and stature, said, ‘These are they that make rich men poor.’ But he straight received this answer, ‘Nay, my lord, these are they that make a poor man rich; for there is not one of these whom we would part with for all your wealth.’”

~Joseph Hall

Behold, children are a gift of the Lord,

   The fruit of the womb is a reward.

Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,

   So are the children of one’s youth.

How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them;

~Psalm 127:3-5a