Sharing is Caring

‘Wait for what the Father had promised’           [Acts 1:1-5]     In a verse from a children's song, there are lyrics like this: ‘Promise with your pinky finger tightly crossed.’   It's a verse that young children enjoy singing when making promise.   However, it seems they understand that promise can be easily broken, as the method and procedure for reaffirming promise continue to evolve.   Initially, they would simply hook their pinky fingers, but at some point, after hooking their pinky fingers, they stamp it with their thumbs as a sort of "seal."   Now, after making the promise and sealing it, they say "copy" to each other while pressing their palms together.   This means that the promise has been duplicated, so it must be kept.   Some children go even further and add a step of signing on the palm after copying the promise.   It's their own triple or quadruple lock system for promises (Internet). ...