Which of the following are similar to the ways you've served Christ in your family? [check all that apply]
• Taught your kids to see God's glory in nature
• Washed the dishes without being asked
• Played a board game with your kids
• Encouraged your wife to finish her master's degree
• Attended a child's open house at school
• Worked fewer hours to be with your family
• Set an example of a godly prayer life for your children
• Held a crying child
• Swung on the tire swing with your daughter
• Told your wife why you're still in love with her
• Told your son he's got what it takes
• Coached soccer
• Let you child correct you now and then
• Fixed the vacuum cleaner
• Taught your sons to ride a bike
• Listened patiently to a complaint of your wife
• Taped your child's artwork to your office wall
• Admitted to your kids that you were wrong
• Told your children how Christ entered your life
• Cleaned up vomit
• Taught your children to love books
• Been romantic without expecting sex
• Told your daughter she's smart/beautiful
• Set standards for your kids and stuck to them
• Dealt graciously with a busybody neighbor
• Peeled carrots
• Watched movies together
What I Like About You, Dad Theme of the Week: Classy Dads Wednesday, August 4, 2004
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Key Bible Verse: I have singled him out so that he will direct his sons and their families to keep the way of the Lord and do what is right and just (Genesis 18:19). Bonus Reading:Psalm 78:4—7
I like that you don't follow the crowd, pretending you're somebody you're not… That you didn't sell your soul to some company and move the family from state to state just to make more money … That you never stopped loving Mom, sticking together through good times and bad.
I remember a father who took me to games, drew pictures of football players for me, told jokes, and took movies of all my athletic exploits. When we'd go fishing, sometimes we had to get up too early and stay too late. When building that boat with me, you wound up doing most of the work. When playing basketball, you had a Neanderthal-looking set shot that hardly ever went in the hoop. But here's the thing: You took me fishing; you built a boat with me; you played basketball with me.
In one sense, the days of knee football and piggy back rides are over. But in another sense, they live on. Because part of who I am today is due to the father you were to me way back then.
And because of the father you've been, it's easy to say the words that many sons have never said to their fathers: I love you.
Your son, Bob
—Bob Welch in A Father for All SeasonsAdapted from A Father for All Seasons (Harvest, 1998) by permission.
My Response: One thing I could tell my dad I appreciate about him is…
Thought to Apply: One father is more than a hundred school masters.
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