Boys will be Boys.

Once upon a time.... not so far away lived a small group of young lads.They where your average group of church going chaps who families had know each other for years and in some case's generations.

Now being good church children and growing up in the christian families they where obviously good boys and never missed a Sunday school or a church service. They also know how to make church interesting for themselves and for other church parishioners. In fact they cared about the enjoyment of church so much they would do stuff to make sure people would not get into a dull every week situation.

Once they where so excited to be able to cheer everyone up that they deposited a whole bottle of fairy liquid into all the toilet systems (after all this would make for a pleasant change to the building but will also help clean and freshen the church loo) and pour out all the pots of salt to make an attractive mountain on the Kitchen table. Not happy with that they also built a wall of Bibles in the community hall as a sign of symbol of it being Gods Building.

Being from the Salvation Army they would not attend Friday Bible study but instead studied and had learnt the Friday night War Cry rout so to stay one step ahead of the people selling the papers round the pubs.This was an essential part of a Friday night on the town so not to get caught by anyone that would tell they re parents.

OK, OK, these lads where a little rebellious and enjoyed having a good time while maybe rebelling against some Christian values. Weeks away with a beer filled fridge, Sunday evening Fellowship with a homemade Punch drink. You could say they where experimenting life.

This group of lads did find how to enjoy life while maybe appearing like little cherubs in they're Salvation Army uniforms on Sundays. And if the truth where knows, the parents of these boys know most of all what went on while they thought they where getting away with it.

These Boys now do a variety of things.... a couple went to be bandsman in the military, one became a policeman, one gained and is still gaining promotion in a large electrical company, one became a missionary and travelled the world and one is a Salvation Army Officer (there is another but don't worry about him).

I think we can safely say that all (bar one) of these lads followed a good path and what ever went on in the past became a learning experience and ''charictor building''. There could have been many paths in front of them and sometime they must have take a few wrong turns but by having faith and trusting in God and learning from Families around them they got to a good place and I would say will come across more paths as they continue.

You know there is a path or two for everyone to take. And we can make those choices and sometimes get it so wrong. but the good thing is that we can be assured that other paths will appear and we can change direction.

Boys will be boys, girls will be girls and kids will always be kids. But sometimes its a learning journey and if we didn't go through bad times, if we didn't make wrong decisions then we wouldn't learn. Know that God gives opportunities, he has a good plan for everyone and he already knows our mistakes and our sorrows, but that also means he know our strenghs and will use them if we allow.