All Knight Long

Daddy missed out on a lot of life this weekend, having to work all night long just to keep afloat at work. Fortunately, we're about to enter a more relaxed period, one with a little less stress.

Madison had another great day at school, with speech therapy going very well as of late. She's also getting more advanced with her piano practice! This is challenging, because Mommy and Daddy have to keep up with her, which requires playing with two hands as well. We didn't really intend for it to happen this way, but indirectly both Mommy and Daddy are learning a bit of piano ourselves, from notes on the page to hand positions on the keyboard. That is sort of a thing we've wanted to do, so that's okay with me I suppose! We'll have our own musical family some day. Just don't ask to hear my singing voice!

Meanwhile, I sit here typing away. Finishing up our "Get a Clue" drama series, while writing new messages for our latest series "Excalibur." The research has been interesting, and educational as well. Additionally, we've been going through some of those fun movies that fit the theme. We get all kinds of ideas, some goofy and others more solid. It's all part of the research.

Here's the first message from the new series, one I've entitled "Knights of Valor."

Hear ye! Hear ye! You are hereby invited to our royal kingdom! We've got plenty to learn as a part of God's royal family. There's a majestic crown waiting for everyone, and a happily ever after too. So draw out your sword - that's the word of God - and meet us at the roundtable.

Are you worthy to be called a knight? Let it not be said you have been weighed and measured – and still found wanting. If you serve the King, you must be sure to act as one. Knights lived by a code of chivalry. They were expected to have the might, and the skills to face a fight. But the code was also a system that introduced what we think of when we think of knights: honor, gallantry, bravery, and treating others with respect. As we represent our King, are we carrying ourselves in the same way? Remember, as a part of His royal court, we must act with valor!

The knights sit around the roundtable, waiting for their charge. King Arthur’s table was a new and amazing concept: it was set up so that all who sat there had equal power. The king was still the king – but every person at the table was just as important as the next. In our King’s eyes, we are all the same too. Don’t think yourself above your proper position, noble friends!

As a knight to the King, we must be prepared at all times to ride to battle. The king’s business takes haste! Nay, we are not called to stay seated inside our spacious castles. We are together on a crusade, battling against the forces of darkness!

So put on the armor of light. It is time to ride forth in the name of the King. It’s time to become Knights of Valor!