Where Have All the Fathers Gone? (standard:humor, 903 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Jun 14 2015	Views/Reads: 2282/1624	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Around this time of the year, my thoughts wander back to my father. He has been gone quite a spell but his memory lingers. I often wonder what he would think of what is happening in our world today if he were to come back.

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itself. 

To spank or not to spank, that is the dilemma today. Most gravitate
towards the “not to spank” aspect unaware that they are creating a lot 
of damage for the next generation. 

I must say that my father was not too much interested in what we call
“love” today. He was more interested in respecting authority. In fact, 
as I think about this, when you are respecting authority you are 
exhibiting love. People today do not know how to love because they do 
not know how to respect authority. 

I think if some of these youngsters could spend a week with my father
and his infamous “paddle” they would grow to respect authority. 
Unfortunately, there is no authority figure in most homes today. Even 
those homes that have fathers are coerced into believing the father has 
no real significance in the family. 

All I can do is to quote a famous psychologist, “How's that working?” 

Well, how is that working? 

The wisest man in the world, Solomon, said, “For whom the LORD loveth he
correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth” (Proverbs 
3:12). 

True love always corrects that which is wrong, especially in the person
they love. 


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