A MESSAGE TO FATHERS EVERYWHERE ON THEIR DAY OF HONOR

              
       TODAY IS FATHER'S DAY AND I KNOW MY DAD IS ALWAYS WITH ME IN SPIRIT, WATCHING OVER ME, THERE FOR ME TO CALL ON WHEN I JUST NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO. DON'T GET ME WRONG, I KNOW THAT GOD IS WHO I GO TO FOR MY STRENGTH. DADDY TAUGHT ME THAT. IN THE BOOK OF PHILIPPIANS, 4:13  TO BE EXACT IT SAYS, "I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST FOR HE GIVES ME STRENGTH." DADDY TAUGHT ME THAT, TOO. BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I JUST NEED TO TALK THINGS OVER WITH DADDY. 
       ON FRIDAYS I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING GLENN BECK'S  HISTORY LESSONS ON THE FOUNDING FATHERS. THIS PAST FRIDAY HE TIED IN THE LESSONS WE WERE GIFTED FROM THEM TO FATHER'S DAY IN GENERAL. IT SEEMS THOSE LESSONS ARE VERY CLOSE TO THE ONES MOST OF OUR FATHER'S HAVE TAUGHT US AS WE WERE GROWING UP. JUST TO QUOTE A FEW HERE GOES.
       FIRST AND FOREMOST WOULD COME FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON WHO SAID, HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY. REMEMBER LEARNING ABOUT THE CHERRY TREE WAY BACK WHEN YOU WERE IN FIRST GRADE? I WONDER IF THEY EVEN TEACH THAT THESE DAYS?
       THEN THERE WAS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WHO LIKED TO SIT NAKED IN HIS FRONT WINDOW. I FIND IT KIND OF IRONIC THAT HIS WORDS OF WISDOM WERE TO  AVOID EXTREMES. IN THOSE DAYS HE WAS JUST AN ECCENTRIC OLD MAN. TODAY THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE CONSIDERED AN EXTREME AND PROMPTLY GET HIM ARRESTED. BUT IT IS STILL A VERY IMPORTANT LESSON THAT I THINK  WAS FORGOTTEN BY PARENTS OF  THE ME GENERATION. THAT MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE STATE OF THE NATION TODAY. 
       MOVING ON WE HAVE THOMAS JEFFERSON WHO URGED US TO QUESTION WITH BOLDNESS. HE SAID WE SHOULD EVEN QUESTION GOD. ASK HIM THE QUESTION WHO AM I?  WHERE DO I FIT INTO THE BIG PICTURE CALLED LIFE? ASK HIM THE ALL IMPORTANT SHOW ME THE WAY?
       JOHN ADAMS WAS REAL BIG ON EDUCATION. HIS THING WAS DARE TO READ,  THINK, SPEAK AND EVEN TO WRITE. HE TOLD US  KNOWLEDGE WOULD LEAD US OUT OF SLAVERY. KNOW THE FIGHT~EDUCATE YOURSELF. KNOW WHAT YOU ARE  FIGHTING FOR AND WHY YOU ARE FIGHTING FOR IT. ARM YOURSELF WITH FACTS.
       GEORGE WHITFIELD, SOMEONE I DON'T REALLY REMEMBER, TOLD US TO ALWAYS FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT. IN OTHER WORDS DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME SWEATING THE SMALL STUFF.  SAVE YOUR STRENGTH FOR THE ONES THAT ARE IMPORTANT. WHITFIELD WAS THE PASTOR OF THE FIRST CHURCH AND RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING GOD IN HIS RIGHTFUL PLACE WHEN THE FOUNDERS  WERE FIRST PUTTING THEIR FLEDGLING NATION TOGETHER.
       I THINK MOST OF US WOULD AGREE THESE ARE LESSONS OUR FATHERS TAUGHT US. BUT MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL WOULD BE THE LESSON OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. WITHOUT LOVE I'M AFRAID OUR NATION WILL FALL. 
       AS GLEN BECK WOULD SAY, CHERISH YOUR CHILDREN. MAKE SURE THEY KNOW YOU LOVE THEM. TO FATHERS EVERY WHERE~~ WHAT IS IT YOU WANT YOUR YOUR OWN CHILDREN TO COME AWAY HAVING LEARNED FROM YOU?
                       PEACE BE WITH YOU ALL~~ HAPPY FATHER'S DAY