A Child

In the beginning a child adores his father, listens to what he says and tries to please him.  But, as the child grows older, there comes a time when the child will rebel against the father and refuse to take guidance and knowledge.  Then the child begins to believe that he is smarter than the father, and the father just doesn’t want him to do anything that is fun.

The time comes when the child will abandon his father’s house and seek his way in the world, never seeking advice from the father.  He will make his own decisions without regard to all that his father has taught him, forgetting how much the father loves him.

The father wants the child to stand on his own two feet and make his own way with his own free will.  But, the father dreads all the mistakes the child makes and will make, because he, the father, knows better what is good.  Yet, the child believes that he knows everything and what is better for him, never seeking the council of the father.

As the years pass, the child has set in place his way of thinking and doing what he wants to do.  Then a strange thing happens, the child starts to remember what the father taught him, and how important it is.

If he is lucky and his time does not run out, the child will turn and honor the father and understand that all the father ever wanted was for the child to understand how much he is loved by the father.

That my friends is how God and true fathers work.
PMO
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