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Posted on 06/17/2023 5:00:30 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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Bible in a Year:
I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.
The garage of my childhood home holds many memories. On Saturday mornings, my dad would roll our car down the driveway so we had room to work—with my favorite project being a broken go-kart we’d found. On that garage floor, we gave it new wheels, attached a sporty, plastic windshield, and—with Dad on the street looking out for traffic—I would race down the driveway with such excitement! Looking back, I see more was going on in that garage than simply fixing go-karts. Instead, a young boy was being shaped by his dad—and getting a glimpse of God in the process.
Human beings have been patterned on God’s own nature (Genesis 1:27–28). Human parenting has its origin in Him too, for He’s “the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name” (Ephesians 3:14–15). Just as parents imitate God’s life-giving abilities by bringing children into the world, when they nurture and protect their kids, they express qualities not sourced in themselves but in Father God. He’s the model all parenting is based on.
My father wasn’t perfect. Like every father and mother, his parenting sometimes failed to imitate heaven’s. But when it so often did imitate God, it gave me a glimpse of His own nurture and protection—right there, as we fixed go-karts on the garage floor.
Reflect & Pray
How do you see good parenting reflecting God’s nature? How can you reflect His nurture and protection to others today?
Father God, help me nurture and protect our children and others today, revealing Your good qualities to them.
lets get slappy pappy...
my pop has been gone for 26 yrs but I spoke of him today
good man
Happy Father’s Day to my WWII Vet Dad, RIP, 5/1914-10/1988, still missing you, Dad.
~ HAPPY FATHER'S DAY 2023 ~
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My dad died 29 years ago. Aged 60. Korean war vet US Army medic. Good man. When I am alone I talk to him a lot. He never got to meet his grandkids, so I update him on their progress. His grandkids are 25 and 28.
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Howdy, Kathy.
Did you squeeze in a little much-needed down time today?
Missing my WWII Vet Dad as well. 5/1923 - 3/2013
And Happy Father's Day to you!
Good evening, ML...((HUGS)))...and a Blessed Lord’s Day and Shavua Tov to you and yours.
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