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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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FATHER'S DAY
FATHER'S DAY
I AM POSTING THIS TODAY IN HOPES THAT IT WILL REACH SOMEONE THAT REALLY NEEDS TO CONTACT THEIR DAD. YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT. GOD BLESS YOU.
FATHER'S DAY, WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WELL, THE DICTIONARY SAYS IT IS "A day set aside in honor of fathers". BEING A DAD I THINK IT IS NICE TO HAVE A DAY WHERE YOUR FAMILY CALLS OR EVEN TAKES YOU OUT FOR A MEAL. HOWEVER, FOR ME, THE GREATEST THING IS THE LOVE THAT IS SHOWN. I AM BLESSED BECAUSE MY FAMILY SHOWS THIS LOVE TO ME ALL YEAR, NOT JUST ON ONE DAY. MY QUESTION TO ALL OF YOU IS, DO YOU HONOR AND SHOW YOUR LOVE TO YOUR DAD ALL YEAR OR JUST THIS DAY?
THERE ARE SOME KIDS THAT DON'T EVEN TALK TO THEIR DADS. I KNOW SOMETIMES IT IS THE DAD THAT CAUSES THE PROBLEM BUT HE STILL IS YOUR DAD. MY DAD AND ONE OF MY BROTHERS HAD PROBLEMS WHEN MY BROTHER WAS GROWING UP. IT WAS SO BAD THAT WHEN MY DAD HAD A STROKE AND WAS CONFINED TO BED, MY BROTHER STOOD OVER HIS BED AND TOLD MY MOTHER THAT IF THAT OLD MAN DIED, DON'T BOTHER CALLING HIM. CAN YOU IMAGINE THE HURT IT CAUSED MY MOTHER? I AM NOT SURE WHAT MY DAD THOUGHT ABOUT HIM SAYING THAT BUT IT POSSIBLY HURT HIM TOO. PEOPLE, THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN. WHETHER YOUR DAD WAS GOOD TO YOU OR NOT, THE BIBLE SAYS IN ONE OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS TO "Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee." IT DOESN'T SAY IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT OR IF HE HASN'T DONE ANYTHING BAD, IT SAYS TO "HONOUR" HIM. SOMETIMES IT TAKES FORGIVENESS FIRST BUT YOU CAN DO IT. YOU WILL ALSO NOTICE THAT THIS COMMANDMENT IS THE ONLY ONE WITH A PROMISE WHERE IT SAYS THAT YOUR DAYS MAY BE LONG UPON THE LAND. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT I WANT MY DAYS HERE ON THIS EARTH TO BE LONG. CALL YOUR DAD TODAY AND WISH HIM A HAPPY FATHER'S DAY. YOU BOTH WILL FEEL BETTER.
NOW FOR THE BIG QUESTION, HAVE YOU TOLD YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER HAPPY FATHER'S DAY? HE DESERVES THE MOST HONOR OF ALL AND THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE, EVEN CHRISTIANS, THAT NEVER TELL HIM HAPPY FATHER'S DAY. ACTUALLY HE IS THE ONLY ONE YOU SHOULD BE CALLING FATHER ACCORDING TO MATTHEW 23:9 WHERE IT SAYS "And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven." ALTHOUGH I KNOW MY DAD WAS MY EARTHLY FATHER, I NEVER CALLED HIM THAT, EVEN BEFORE I KNEW I WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO. HE WAS ALWAYS JUST DAD TO ME.
WE ALL NEED TO TAKE SOME TIME OUT OF THIS DAY AND HONOR OUR HEAVENLY FATHER. SPEND SOME TIME IN FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM AND TELL HIM YOU LOVE HIM. SING PRAISES TO HIM AND WORSHIP HIM. HE DESERVES ALL THE LOVE, PRAISE AND WORSHIP WE CAN GIVE HIM. WON'T YOU DO THIS TODAY FOR HIM?
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
