A day to Remember:
Since this Sunday is “Fathers Day”, I thought it would be fitting to pay tribute to our fathers.
There are a lot of things I remember about my father. He was a kind man and was gentle. He seemed to be able to make friends wherever he went. He was fair to us but was not afraid to administer discipline when we acted up. (Which was quite often) He was generous to all of us even though we sometimes did not appreciate it. Being a Certified Public Accountant he did book work in several cities. His main office was in Brinkley Arkansas where I grew up. From time to time I would go by the office after school and visit. He always had time to stop and talk to me, no matter who was in his office.
When time permitted he loved to work around the house. He always had a project to do. As I watched him work he would talk to me about what he was doing. He was a good teacher and as I look at my life today I see a lot of what he taught me coming out in the things I try to teach to my boys. One thing that stands out most was that he made the best pork and beans this side of the Mississippi. He would make everyone get out of the kitchen when he made them. No one was to know his secret. My sister Vicki tried and tried to reproduce his beans. Even though she made some pretty good beans I don’t think she ever got it down 100%. After dad had died even mom tried to make them but did not succeed.
As I look back to those days I can see all that he was teaching me. He gave me a since of worth and taught me a lot of how to build, construct and to reason. He taught me the importance of being a good father to my children and the importance of our Father in Heaven. I believe that he passed along to me how important it is to trust in our Savior. I still can feel the warmth of his arm on my shoulder as he stood next to me when I accepted Christ as my Savior.
As the Psalmist says in Psalm 78:5-74, “5) For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children; 6) That the generation to come might know them, the children who would be born, that they may arise and declare them to their children,7) That they may set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep His commandments;” my father passed on to me what is important in life and now I hope to instill this in my sons.
So the question today is, have you trusted in your Heavenly Father? As a father, it is up to us to send this message on to the generations to come, that they may come to trust in God and His Holy Word.
This father’s day take the time to honor your Father in Heaven and to pay tribute to all the God fearing fathers out there…
“The Greatest Adventure in Life is seen through the Love of Christ”
Bro John 501-262-0015
