Father's Day is this coming Sunday so get your families ready to cheer on dear dad and let him know that, yes, you do love him. Not that he should be in any doubt, but just in case.
It's been 20 years since I've been able to tell my Papafather that I love him. Oh yes, there are days when it feels like it was only yesterday that I caught him spitting over the side of the ferris wheel while we were stopped at the very top. I was, of course, appalled. He was slightly embarrassed. How could my most looked-up to person on the face of this earth, do something so crude and inappropriate? Yet, what I remember about that moment was the look on his face, he gave me a sheepish smile. He was after all human, he was after all a boy at heart.
Why guys would want to spit over the side of a ferris wheel I have no idea but for some odd reason, they do. Still, despite all their idiosyncracies they also want to protect, build, and love their wives, children, and families.
The Bible tells us that man can't live by bread alone (Luke 4:4). Absolutely this means the Word of God, but we can't just plop three square meals down a day and expect a man to continue to love us. I don't care if there is a saying that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. Plenty of men are fed, but are not loved. Your husband and/or your father, wants to know that he is loved, just as our Heavenly Father wants to know that we love Him.
So this Father's Day, make sure your father knows how much you love him. Personally, I wouldn't wait. My Papafather died a couple of weeks before Father's Day. I'd give almost anything to see him spit over the side of a ferris wheel now.
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