Father's Day
“The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him” (Proverbs 24:23 NIV).
I am a father! Wow! What a joy! What happiness! What a responsibility! What a blessing! In my over fifty years of fatherhood I have experienced joy, happiness, responsibility, and blessing, and I have experienced many other feelings. Fatherhood is a great responsibility, but for me at least, the joy has far outweighed the responsibility. Besides, I have had a lot of help--my father, my wife, friends, and most of all the Father of us all, God the Father.
I have to admit moments of pride the first time I saw each of my three sons in the hospital nursery. Each one was the best looking one there. From that moment on in my sons’ lives, I have felt that God blessed me with the greatest three sons any father could want. Watching them grow, and helping them grow has been quite an experience, frequently involving concern that I was doing the best for each son, for each child takes a little different method of parenting.
My father taught me that hard work was rewarded, and that whatever love took, it was worth it. He taught me to be strong, fair, responsible and loving. It turns out that love helps make up for any mistakes we make in raising our children. Even though the means of expressing love changed as my sons grew into adults, husbands, and fathers, I knew they loved me, and they know that their father loves them.
In our family, my wife and I have taught our sons that our Father God loves them even more than we do, and that He gave His Son as a sacrifice for all of our sins. So they are all assured of spending eternity with their parents. Our sons have brought us three beautiful daughters (in-laws), and with their wives they have presented us with seven fantastic grandchildren. I am pleased and blessed to say that all of them (sons, daughters-in-laws, and grandchildren) have accepted Jesus as Savior, so we will never be separated.
My partner for life, my soul-mate, the love of my life, my beautiful wife, Norma, has been with me every step of the way, supporting me and helping me raise three strong, able men into fathers themselves. We are both blessed beyond measure to count Tim, Brian, and Jason as our sons.
Our Heavenly Father, Jehovah, gave all of us life and created this universe as a place for us to live, so that we could fellowship with Him. He has provided everything we need, including eternal life with Him, and I thank Him for it daily.
PRAISE THE LORD, OUR HEAVENLY FATHER!
I could go on for pages describing the excellent qualities of our sons, and how they bless our lives and fill our hearts, but if you have children, you can probably do the same. So just think about your kids and how much they bless you.
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