Seeing It Done
by Pastor Bob Burridge ©1998

A child learns how to throw a ball, by seeing balls be thrown.

He learns to cook, or ride a bike, because he has been shown.

He learns to hug with tender care, and wipe away one's tears,

because of those who loved him so, for many many years.

He learns to stick with trying tasks, and of his own to share,

because of those who persevered, and showed him how to care.

Its not debates, or diagrams, or arguments we've won.

He'll never learn to humbly serve, if he's never seen it done.