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FATHER'S DAY 2006
You have to understand that Pop is my hero.
It's not easy to write about a man like that. He GIVES so much. He EXPECTS so little.
He taught me what love was about when he shed a tear at my sister's grave. He taught me what strength was when he stood up to an angry teen (me) and defended his wife (My OTHER hero, Momma). (More about her later).
He introduced me to God, whom he correctly identified as my Father. He contnues to teach me each and every day and if I have a THOUSAND more years with him on this earth, I swear to you that it will not be enough.
My bride lost her father last year. I can not imagine the pain that she is going through. She lost her mother the year before that. At fifty three years old she is an orphan.
But Pop won't let that happen.
He fathered 13 children and he always feels that there's room for one more. My bride IS that one more.
Do you want to know what abundance is?
It's listening to a kid's problems. It's sharing a game of pool or darts. It's setting up a swimming pool. It's MAKING them go to church, but more than that, it's GOING with them.
You can't push a rope.
You have to pull it from the front.
I remember Peter in the Gospel of John (John 21:11) dragging the net full of fish ashore. No WAY he could have PUSHED it.
I always try to let Pop know what an abundance of life and love he has brought to me but I fail every time.
How can you tell a man like this everything he has brought to you?
The answer is simple...You can't...because he's not listening. He's looking to HIS Father for strength and love and forgiveness for HIS faults..
Because he knows that the Father that he pointed you to when you were an "angry teen"...is the one "true" Father who gives with abundance.
Happy Father's Day Pop
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