What I Like About You, Dad
Theme of the Week: Classy Dads
Bob Welch
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 Seasons
Adapted 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.
—George Herbert (English poet)
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Heavenly Father, help me to enjoy being a man in an antifamily culture, representing you faithfully as an earthly father.
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