A Prayer for Fathers (5 of 10)
Series: Songs for the Summer
Jim Perdue
Psalm 4:1-8
Intro/Attention
If you are a father, then I know that you have felt like one father I heard about. This particular family had three small children who were determined to have a puppy. Mom protested because she knew that somehow or other, she would end up caring for the critter. True to form, the children solemnly promised that they would take care of it. Eventually, she relented and they brought their little puppy home. The children named him Danny and cared for him diligently - at first. But, sure enough, as time passed, Mom found herself becoming more and more responsible for taking care of the dog. Finally, she decided that the children were not living up to their promise so she began to search for a new home for Danny. When she found one and broke the news to the children, she was quite surprised that they had almost no reaction at all. One of them even said rather matter-of-factly, ''We'll miss him.'' ''I'm sure we will,'' Mom answered, ''but he is too much work for one person and since I'm the one that has to do all the work, I say he goes.'' ''But,'' protested another child, ''if he wouldn't eat so much and wouldn't be so messy, could we keep him?'' Mom held her ground, ''It's time to take Danny to his new home.'' Suddenly, with one voice and with tears in their eyes, the children exclaimed, ''Danny? We thought you said Daddy!''*
*One little boy's definition of Father's Day went like this, ''Well, it's just like Mother's Day only you don't spend so much.'' Some of us have had imperfect fathers, and some of us had no earthly father for reasons beyond our control. But regardless of the circumstances of your earthly family, each of have something in common, we have a Heavenly Father who loves us profoundly...so much so that he sent His only begotten son, Jesus, to die in our place of punishment for the forgiveness of sins. And so it seems fitting on this Father's ...
Series: Songs for the Summer
Jim Perdue
Psalm 4:1-8
Intro/Attention
If you are a father, then I know that you have felt like one father I heard about. This particular family had three small children who were determined to have a puppy. Mom protested because she knew that somehow or other, she would end up caring for the critter. True to form, the children solemnly promised that they would take care of it. Eventually, she relented and they brought their little puppy home. The children named him Danny and cared for him diligently - at first. But, sure enough, as time passed, Mom found herself becoming more and more responsible for taking care of the dog. Finally, she decided that the children were not living up to their promise so she began to search for a new home for Danny. When she found one and broke the news to the children, she was quite surprised that they had almost no reaction at all. One of them even said rather matter-of-factly, ''We'll miss him.'' ''I'm sure we will,'' Mom answered, ''but he is too much work for one person and since I'm the one that has to do all the work, I say he goes.'' ''But,'' protested another child, ''if he wouldn't eat so much and wouldn't be so messy, could we keep him?'' Mom held her ground, ''It's time to take Danny to his new home.'' Suddenly, with one voice and with tears in their eyes, the children exclaimed, ''Danny? We thought you said Daddy!''*
*One little boy's definition of Father's Day went like this, ''Well, it's just like Mother's Day only you don't spend so much.'' Some of us have had imperfect fathers, and some of us had no earthly father for reasons beyond our control. But regardless of the circumstances of your earthly family, each of have something in common, we have a Heavenly Father who loves us profoundly...so much so that he sent His only begotten son, Jesus, to die in our place of punishment for the forgiveness of sins. And so it seems fitting on this Father's ...
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