Thought for July 16

[Thought for the Day]

     Parents, you are the ones to decide whether the minds of your children
shall be filled with ennobling thoughts or with vicious sentiments. You
cannot keep their active minds unoccupied; neither can you frown away evil.
Only by the inculcation of right principles can you exclude wrong thoughts.
Unless parents plant the seeds of truth in the hearts of their children, the
enemy will sow tares. Good, sound instruction is the only preventive of the
evil communications that corrupt good manners. Truth will protect the soul
from the endless temptations that must be encountered.  Adventist Home, p.
410