Father's Day, Sunday, June 19, 2022
WITH
PROMISE
Eph 6:1-4
6 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with
promise;)
3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the
earth.
4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them
up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
One of my earliest memories of dad was long
ago. I was just a little guy, able to sleep on that flat spot just behind the
seat and under the back window of our old car. Seat belts were a future thing
and even car seats were just two “S” hooks with a cloth seat. The family was
taking one of our famous vacations “down home” from Cincinnati to Tennessee. In
my sleep, I thought I heard my older brother say “we’re home” so, I opened the
door and stepped out – onto the road which was zipping by at cruising speed.
It was a rude
awakening, and a bit painful as well. I slid on my belly like Superman for an
unknown number of feet and when I stood up, I saw our old car continuing on
with its red taillights glowing in the shrinking distance. My first thought was
that they didn’t even know I had stepped out! I began searching for my lost
shoe when I saw the car take a U-turn.
Suddenly my father
was by my side, and he scooped me up and carried me in his arms. My next waking
moment in the hospital where the doctor had said that my chubby condition had
possibly saved me from any major injuries beyond the road rash on my belly.
Today I honor my
father who carried his chubby and sleepy-eyed son in horror. Many more memories
flood my mind on this Sunday morning. Oh, how large a character he was and
still is although somewhat short in stature.
Statistics say that our modern
culture is suffering the results of absentee fathers, but I remember a father
that was always there for me. How very blessed I was, and still am.
Lord, will you just give my daddy a big hug for me. Thank you. AMEN
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