Dads, Don't Get Left Behind
Robert Dawson
Proverbs 20.6-7
Some stories are too good to be made up!
A Texas dad (who did not want to offer his name) had some unexpected excitement on his family vacation. After a short night's rest at a hotel in Memphis, Tennessee the man and his family hit the road again. After hours and hours of driving all day and into the night they stopped to eat and fill up their gas tank. That's when the trip got really interesting. When the family hit the road they left dad behind at the gas station.
The father explained what happened: ''Somebody had been sleeping all night in the back and they were going to drive and I was going to get in the back and sleep. I went inside to pay for the gas and they thought I was already loaded up and closed all the doors and took off.''
The dad tried to call his own cell phone, which was still in the van, but nobody answered it. He said, ''Six different cell phones and nobody answers and my phone is in there because it's on the charger and nobody answers it and then it starts going straight to voicemail. I mean, that's odd.''
The father called the police, but it was social media that saved the day. The frantic dad borrowed a computer from a local motel and got in touch with his family through Facebook. The van was about 100 miles away by the time he finally reached his family. The story had a happy ending: the family turned around, picked up dad, and continued their vacation. The dad indicated to reporters that he's fairly confident the entire incident was just a huge mistake.
WMC-TV, ''Kids leave dad at gas station, realize mistake 100 miles away,'' (6-25-13)
Dads, we don't want you to be left out or left behind!
Today, I want to challenge you and encourage you to fulfill your God-given role as husband and/or father.
Unfortunately what is missing in so many homes and absent in so many families is a man who sees his calling as husband and father as the greatest calling God h ...
Robert Dawson
Proverbs 20.6-7
Some stories are too good to be made up!
A Texas dad (who did not want to offer his name) had some unexpected excitement on his family vacation. After a short night's rest at a hotel in Memphis, Tennessee the man and his family hit the road again. After hours and hours of driving all day and into the night they stopped to eat and fill up their gas tank. That's when the trip got really interesting. When the family hit the road they left dad behind at the gas station.
The father explained what happened: ''Somebody had been sleeping all night in the back and they were going to drive and I was going to get in the back and sleep. I went inside to pay for the gas and they thought I was already loaded up and closed all the doors and took off.''
The dad tried to call his own cell phone, which was still in the van, but nobody answered it. He said, ''Six different cell phones and nobody answers and my phone is in there because it's on the charger and nobody answers it and then it starts going straight to voicemail. I mean, that's odd.''
The father called the police, but it was social media that saved the day. The frantic dad borrowed a computer from a local motel and got in touch with his family through Facebook. The van was about 100 miles away by the time he finally reached his family. The story had a happy ending: the family turned around, picked up dad, and continued their vacation. The dad indicated to reporters that he's fairly confident the entire incident was just a huge mistake.
WMC-TV, ''Kids leave dad at gas station, realize mistake 100 miles away,'' (6-25-13)
Dads, we don't want you to be left out or left behind!
Today, I want to challenge you and encourage you to fulfill your God-given role as husband and/or father.
Unfortunately what is missing in so many homes and absent in so many families is a man who sees his calling as husband and father as the greatest calling God h ...
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