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Two weeks ago 25 men gathered for four hours on a Saturday to welcome my son into our world, the world of men. They all gave passionate pleas for this young man to walk in paths of righteousness & to honor his parents at all times. Several themes emerged as prominant throughout the evening. A man uses his gifts to glorify God, edify the saints, & evangelize the lost. My son is gifted in the arts & is "faning into flames the gift of God that is in him." My oldest son & wife purchased an upright piano as a tool to aide this young man in honing his skills & gifts for the glory of God. Purity, honor, & holiness are a man's duty & God's delight. Lastly, admonitions against pride as the chief of the things God hates. The gifts given were full of meaning as well. A set of tools from my father who is a master auto body technician with an admonition to become familiar with God's word as the all sufficiant tool box. A retired pulpit bible from my father-in-law, digital photo editing software, an acoustic guitar from me, a framed photo & explination of the Presidential Motto , "The Buck Stops Here", a complete set of classical sheet music with the coresponding LP recordings & a vintage record player. After three hours of presentations, 25 men gathered around this young man and blessed him in prayer. After I offered the final prayer I insructed my son to rise & look each man in the eye for two reason. Each man he locked eyes with was making a promise to walk with him in this journey through manhood and because he was now one of us. Many of the eldest men present related that they would give anything to have had the blessing of their fathers. May we bless our boys as they become men. |
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