A son took his old father to a restaurant for an evening dinner. Father being very old and weak, while eating, dropped food on his shirt and trousers. Other diners watched him in disgust while his son was calm. After he finished eating, his son who was not at all embarrassed, quietly took him to the washroom, wiped the food particles, removed the stains, combed his hair and fitted his spectacles firmly. When they came out, the entire restaurant was watching them in dead silence, not able to grasp how someone could embarrass themselves publicly like that. The son settled the bill and started walking out with his father. At that time, an old man amongst the diners called out to the son and asked him, “Don’t you think you have left something behind?”. The son replied, “No sir, I haven’t". The old man retorted, “Yes, you have! You left a lesson for every son and hope for every father”. The restaurant went silent.
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth Thee. Exodus 20:12
Honoring my father while he was alive was no problem for me. Oh yeah, he had his shortcomings, and I knew that. But haven't we all?
But because I knew he had those, I could look over them and just love him anyway.
However, many adult children today do not feel that their dad's deserve honor. And in many cases, deservedly so.
Still honoring our fathers is what the bible teaches. So how do we go about doing that, if our fathers really and probably don't deserve it?
Since this month if Father's Day (June 19th), I want to see what we can find out about this important subject. Starting tomorrow. (June 4th) I hope you will join me.
Thanks for coming by today, Friends. Have a blessed day!
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