Fathers Day

 

·         My dad used to carry around a frayed knot in his pocket just an old tied up piece of rope. Then any time someone asked him something and the answer was, “no", he would just pull out the frayed knot and say, “fraid not!” and he would burst out laughing. Nobody else thought it was funny.

·         Being a great father is like shaving. No matter how good you shaved today, you have to do it again tomorrow.

·         Dear Dad, $chool i$ really great. I am making lot$ of friend$ and $tudying very hard. With all my $tuff, I $imply can’t think of anything I need, $o if you would like, you can ju$t $end me a card, a$ I would love to hear from you. Love, Your $on

Dear Son, I kNOw that astroNOmy, ecoNOmics, and oceaNOgraphy are eNOugh to keep even an hoNOr student busy. Do NOt forget that the pursuit of kNOwledge is a NOble task, and you can never study eNOugh. Love, Dad

When Peter was 16, he finally got his driver's license. To celebrate the special day, the whole family went out to the driveway and climbed into the car to enjoy his first official drive. However, dad went to the back seat, where he sat right behind his boy. When Peter saw his dad he said, "Dad, you must be fed up with the front seat after teaching me how to drive all these days, right?” "Nope!", came the quick reply from the dad. "I'm going to sit back here and kick the back of your seat while you drive, just like you've been doing to me for the last sixteen years!"

Father’s Day Perspective by Brandon Britton

Father's Day - what does it mean to you? Its meaning has changed for me over the years. When I was young it was a day to wear a red rose to church. It was a day to say, "Thanks Dad for all the things you do." Later, when I became a dad, it took on a deeper meaning as I began to realize all the responsibilities that go with the title. Now, being a father and a grandfather, it takes on a special meaning. I look back at the memory of my own father with warm thoughts and understand him better.

I look to the future by looking in the eyes of my son. I see the strength of young manhood and hope and pray that I have been, and am being, the kind of example he needs to see and know what being a Christian father is all about. I look into the eyes of my grandson and see the wonder of new things as he learns to explore his world in which there are new discoveries every day. Again, I hope and pray that I am being the example that he needs to see and to know what being a Christian grandfather is all about.

Father's Day is a wonderful day to stop and reflect on being a father. It is a time to think of the great privilege that God has granted men to become fathers, and to help shape and mold a young mind and soul. It is a time to think that with this privilege comes great responsibilities, as the apostle Paul wrote in Ephesians 6:4, "And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition the Lord.”

Fathers, notice there are two parts to this verse. One is a negative, "do not provoke.” This provoking is done by making too many demands, undue severity when disciplining our children. The other part is a positive, "bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord." This requires instruction, spiritual and moral nurture as well as physical (Matthew 4:4). As the children grow older, then we need to give them admonition, that reasoning for which they should or should not do certain things (Deuteronomy 6:6-9). Fathers, there will be no greater reward than getting to heaven and being surrounded by our families!