Being Father’s Day today, my family made their grandfather and me feel even more special than they do on a regular day. Cards were given with meaningful words and heartfelt sayings. We attended Newton Bible Church and had a wonderful message from God’s Word. The pastor did not fill his message with emotional stories of fathers or of quotes from or about fathers, but he went right to Scripture because that is the only place that has words that will never be outdated or overused. Revelation 14:13 says “And I heard a voice from heaven saying, ‘Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord henceforth.’ ‘Blessed indeed,’ says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!’”
The pastor challenged us that we will take deeds with us! So, what kind of deeds are we taking? The one most challenging phrase that he repeated seemingly just for me was, “Are you running the right race?” There are so many things for Christians to divert their focus towards, when glorifying Jesus Christ should be our only goal and prize in life. When our focus get on making money and being someone it is in the wrong place.
This was the very thing that I needed to hear and it reminded me of the ending of a song that says, “and the things life will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace.” The fact is this world and all of the things that we have will one day be burned, rust, or be outdated, but only what is done for Christ will last! This was a sobering reminder and just what I needed to hear!
For lunch, we went to Jacky Chen’s Super Buffet. It was quite nice. My wife and mother had a surprise up their sleeves so we were instructed not to fill up on dessert. After lunch, we drove to Dairy Queen, yes even on a rest day, and picked up this beautifully special order ice cream cake.
It was nice of them to do this for us and made us feel special on Father’s Day.
The afternoon was filled with rest and relaxation. Just what the doctor ordered after a 660 mile week!
I hope that all of you fathers had a wonderful day and trust that the LORD blessed you as he did me!
3 comments:
Neat cake, nice hair cut!
Hi Ben, If I were you, on your big river crossing in the middle of no where w/just the cow's watchin I'd a took a swim. You guys better quit trying to eat on Monday and eat Twice on Tuesday, probably Dairy Queen. Thanks for letting us follow your journey.
guess what we had a wreck of sweet cherries!! yum, wish i could share them with you!
-joy
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