Granny’s Advice – Bible study

Oh, children, you are dirty,
Why couldnt you stay clean?
Ive just this minute changed you
And youre not fit to be seen!

And thus I growled and grumbled;
But Grannys, worldly wise,
Said, Let them play in dirt, my dear,
And let them make mud pies.

Its only right and natural
A little child should play.
Its only when their very sick
Theyll keep clean all day.

And theres a little saying,
Which I find is very true,
That Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.

So let them make their little pies,
And let them stack the coals;
The folk that have the grimy hands,
Oft have the whitest souls.

And if you need a helping hand,
Its often times Ive seen,
The hands that do the helping,
Are the hands that arent too clean!

Elsie Pearson

Note: [Matthew 18:1-6; Matthew 19:13-14]