Many of you will remember the late
Tim Russert, former NBC News political reporter that died several years ago. In his book, Wisdom of Our Fathers:
Lessons and Letters from Daughters and Sons, he shares a story told by a woman whose
Father was ill and was taken to the hospital.
The woman shares that she rushed to the hospital not just because of her
concern for her Father, but because she felt that she needed to tell her Father
that she loved him because she had never done that before. When the woman arrived at the hospital, she
found her father in a hallway because the Emergency Room was so busy. With a combination of passion and urgency,
she leaned over to embrace her father and said to him, “Oh, Dad, I love you. I
love you so much and am sorry that I have never told you.” As she embraced her father, he whispered in
her ear, “That’s okay, Honey. I knew it
all along.”
That Father is not the only one who
knows he is loved by his child without being told. Christ Jesus says the same thing in John 14:
23-24, Jesus replied, "If
anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will
come to him and make our home with him. He who does not love me will not
obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the
Father who sent me. You see, love in Christ is not so
much something we say as something we do.
If your father is living, take
time in these days to show your love to them.
Your father will be glad you did and you will be glad you did. Have a joy-filled week.- Pastor Randy Wall
PRAYER Lord,
through the power of your Holy Spirit help our love for you to be seen
and not just said. We pray these prayers in the name of the One
whose name and nature is love, Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
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