Go Ahead - Make Dad's Day (standard:humor, 927 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Jun 18 2005	Views/Reads: 3581/2438	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Throughout the year, many days of celebration are tucked capriciously into the calendar. So much so, it is hard to find any day of the year where something or someone is not being observed, which has benefited the greeting card company, you can be sure. I

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When it comes to being a father, I assure you I'm not "the rookie"
walking on a "tightrope," directly "in the line of fire" running toward 
"heartbreak ridge." I have quite a bit of experience being a father, 
going back more than 30 years. 

As a father, I have three children notched on my belt. At times, I have
felt like "the enforcer" and the only way to deal with those children 
was to use "magnum force" and "hang ‘em high." 

I must confess at times I felt like a "pale rider" sweating it out in
the "city heat," realizing no matter how hard I try it is not "a 
perfect world" we live in. What would make my day, and other fathers' 
day, would be a present I could really use, or at least understand 
without spending an entire day reading the directions. 

In spite of all this, I have discovered one thing; being a father is its
own reward. The Bible puts fatherhood high on the list of important 
positions in life. 

David, the Psalmist, put his feelings about being a father into familiar
words to all who have read the Bible. "Lo, children are an heritage of 
the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the 
hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man 
that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they 
shall speak with the enemies in the gate." (Psalm 127:3-5 KJV.) 

This year, my advice is, whatever it costs, go ahead and make dad's day.
He deserves it. 


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