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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 1 – Beginner)
Topic: fathers (06/06/05)
THE KID

The kid wasn’t crazy about what his Dad wanted him to do. It seemed to him that there were a lot easier ways of doing things. But the kid had respect for his Dad. Probably because he really knew Him. Dad had spent a lot of time with him. Took him places and showed him things that, on first glance, seemed easy. With a closer look, those simple issues got complex.

Dad told him that it was NEVER right to strike a girl. One day this girl hit him, and it caused him immense pain. He didn’t strike back because Dad had told him not to. So he loved her instead, with his heart, which is exactly what Dad had told him to do.

Mother was always there, from the very first instant, but Oh...his Dad....They would talk for hours about everything and anything and I hate to be cliche, but his Dad was his hero.

I hope that you’ve noticed that I have capitalized “Dad” each time that I’ve used it and with very good reason. “Dad” SHOULD be capitalized. In our hearts and in our minds, the Dad needs to be the protector - the provider - the strong male influence - the GUIDING FORCE in our lives.

Don’t get me wrong. Mothers are placed there for a reason. But if Dads don’t nurture, kids get lost.

This kid didn’t get lost. When he was about twelve years old he asked his mother and stepfather “Didn’t you know that I had to be about my father’s business?”

When he was thirty three, he was separated from his father for the first time, and blackness fell over the land. And as he died, his final words were to his father.

“Father, into your hands...

No, the kid wasn’t crazy about what his Dad wanted him to do. But he did it anyway. Because he trusted Him - and he loved Him - and he knew that Dad would NEVER steer him wrong.

I bet Fathers Day in heaven is a big deal.

Pauly
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RENEE GREENE
06/13/05
Message received. I have often wondered how it must have been for Joseph to be the earthly father of Jesus. Not a lot is said about it in the Bible and most people don't try to see through his eyes in the interpretation of what we do read. Thanks.
Amy Brown
06/13/05
Good thought there at the end. God put great important on the Jews ordiance of special days. What shall we find in heaven? Maybe indeed a Father's Day.
Carol Shaffron
06/14/05
You know, I believe to put something like this on paper---well, to even have the ideas, you have to have some connection to Dad. He gives good gifts.....
vicki mccollum
06/16/05
One of my favorites! Great idea! Well written.
Shari Armstrong 
06/19/05
A very creative telling, nicely done.
Marilyn Schnepp 
09/24/06
...And one more story for the road! Oh, how exceptionally well written, how fantastically brilliant; never a dull moment, never mundane or "ho hum"...just like my old friend Grizzard (Rest his Soul)...never tire of reading. Wish you were syndicated daily - I'd subscribe to the Newspaper daily then. Never can wait until the next story...