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Father's Day Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the Lord your God is giving you. Deuteronomy 5:17 I have always loved Father’s Day. It’s a day to thank God our Father, my Dad and my husband and now my son and sons in law. But this year is different for me. My Dad went home to the Lord in February of this year, so this is my first Father’s Day without him, so it’s a little sad for me because I do so miss him. I can tell that writing this today is going to be hard for me. I have already wiped some tears away and it just won’t be the same this year. Henry and I have always traveled to see him or he lived in the same town and right now we are in Illinois outside of St. Louis. But I know that he is home with the Lord and he is going to be celebrating Father’s Day with our Father and when my time comes to go home, I’ll be able to celebrate in God’s home! I have always been comfortable with God the Father because of my Dad. He did all he needed to do for the family, worked hard and loved all of us. When we needed discipline he corrected us. That’s what a parent does. We do not sit around and let our children do things that are dangerous or immoral, and we care enough to say “no” to our children. I have 2 brothers and 2 sisters, but I remember so many times when it was just Dad and I. He was bald by the time I came into the picture so I always thought bald was normal and I loved Daddy being bald. Which is kind of funny considering that Henry has a full head of hair and he’ s in his early 50’s. Daddy was a tall man about 6 foot and always seem to have a twinkle in his eyes, except of course when we did wrong, but the twinkle was there far more than not. We were always at church when I was a kid; he was in charge of the religious education and he always friendly with everyone. He taught me that prejudice was wrong and standing up against it was right. Because of him, I feel really comfortable calling our Father “Abba” because my Daddy really was a good man. My Daddy did have flaws but that’s okay and I know that Abba does not and that Abba loves me unconditionally. My Dad didn’t frighten me or made me feel that a father was bad. He held me close when I was afraid and even as a teenager when I didn’t know what to do, I could still cry on his lap and he would hold me just as God has always done and still does for me. My husband Henry is a good father as well. Our kids are all grown up now, but in reality, you never stop being a parent. We have 10 grandchildren now and they call him “Papa” and he loves being a grandfather as well. We brought our kids up with discipline and morals and God. Paul said in Hebrews 12:5-11: “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines those He loves, and He punishes everyone He accepts as a son.” Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live! Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they though best, but God disciplines us for our good, that we might share in His holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained for it. We both grew up with fathers who were born before 1925 and so we were raised with what now people called old-fashioned kind of morals. Kids are given a free pass these days to do whatever they want. Most parents are afraid to give their kids a good old fashion spanking when they do something wrong. Kids are never going to know right from wrong and we can see how the world has changed since we were kids. I do not advocate beating a child, but a swift spanking on the rear end is enough to teach any child not to do something. I remember as a child I was trying to put my Easy Bake Oven pan-removing tool into the electrical plug and right as I got it into it, I felt the electricity going through my body. My Daddy was coming in from work right at that moment and he came flying at me and hit me away from it very quickly and saved my life. And when I was raising my kids, I counted to 3 and if they did not stop what they were doing, I would spank them. They learned to listen to me so that I did not get to 3 very often. But I wanted them to learn right from wrong. That’s the same reason that God disciplines us, so that we learn right from wrong. Not every child is lucky enough to have a dad who is always there. There are far too many children who do not have both parents and there are some children whose parents abuse them with too much discipline or worse. Fathers and mothers are very important. They represent to their children God’s parental love. If a parent does not love or if they hurt their children they are not following God but the father of lies, the devil. God wants the best for us and that is why He created this earth. In the very beginning of creation when God created the earth, He brought forth both male and female, both being created in His image, two individuals that when they come together create children. Then God said, “Let us make man in Our image, in Our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” So God created man in His Own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female, He created them. God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it…God saw all that He had made, and it was very good. (Genesis 1:26-28, 31) Marriage was ordained in the beginning. Then the Lord made a woman from the rib He had taken out of man, and He brought her to the man. The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman’ for she was taken out of man.” For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will be come one flesh. (Genesis 2:22-24) Being a parent is not easy. Each child is an individual and has to be treated that way. But each child deserves love and should be considered a gift from God. It’ s an awesome responsibility to live up to being a parent and following God. Dads are the just as necessary as moms for children. Our Father loves us and is always with us. We may not ‘feel’ His presence every moment, but He is always there and no matter what, God loves us. And that is what parenthood is about. Unconditional love for one’s child, just as the Father has unconditional love for us. God is always going to love you even if you don’t love Him or you don’t believe in Him. God’s love is so great that He became human so that He could take upon Himself the punishment of sin. And honoring your father and mother is a big deal to God. If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother, and his blood will be on his own head. (Genesis 20:9) God wants us to honor Him and our fathers and mothers. Think of it, man and woman, were created on the 6th day, as the final creation that God made and all that God made was good. He created the heavens and the earth so that man and woman could subdue it and to create other men and women to populate the earth. Parenthood was the first command: He blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply.” (Genesis 1:28) God became the first parent and in creating us, created both sides of His image, male and female. Thank You God for being my Abba! I love You above all! Thank you Daddy for being my daddy! I love you and miss you! Thank you Henry for being the daddy of our children! I love you! And thank you Henry, Eric, JD and Chris for being daddy to our grandchildren! We love you! To our children and grandchildren, don’ t forget Abba today and thank Him for His amazing love! Today if you do not know God “Abba” it’s time for a change of view. Building your relationship with God should be the most important thing in your life. Jesus always said “That the Father and I are One,” and that if we love Jesus He and the Father will come and live in us and make His home in us. What a wonderful relationship to have, to have God living inside of us. We are free to choose to love God or not to love but no matter what your choice is, God will always love you. I will proclaim the Name of the Lord. Oh, praise the greatness of our God! He is the Rock, His works are perfect, and all His ways are just. A faithful God Who does no wrong, upright and just is He. They have acted corruptly toward Him; to their shame they are no longer His children, but a warped and crooked generation. Is this the way you repay the Lord, O foolish and unwise people? Is He not Your Father, Your Creator, Who made you and formed you? Remember the days of old; consider the generations long past. Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders and they will explain to you. Deuteronomy 32:3-7 |
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