We were talking the other evening at the dinner table about loving our enemies and doing good to those that hurt us. Owen spoke up and said he has a list of rules that he is going to give to the bad guys when they show up at our house. He wanted me to write them down for him:
1 - Be kind
2 - Don't lie
3 - Don't steal
4 - Don't fight
5 - Don't do bad things
6 - Really don't to bad things
7 - Done

Pretty convincing, right? I guess some of the things we are teaching are sinking in.

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