Not really
an accurate title but it's catchy.
Prologue: I have been working on this list for a long time now and
have found it too overwhelming to put it all together. So I will start in bite
size chunks. We will call it a living document, as I find myself adding to it every time I sit down to finish it. The list already has grown to over tweny things and as I try to finish
each one more ideas keep coming. I will just keep posting more from time to
time. So here we go... J
1.
I love you!!! How can
I express more fully what those three little words mean to me? When I think of
you, my heart swells. I feel a kind of power or electricity deep inside of me
that warms my soul and gives purpose to my life. When you cry, I cry; both in
happy tears and sad ones too. You are in my thoughts, and those thoughts carry
me through the day. I pray for you every day. Every good and praiseworthy thing
(if any) I have done since becoming a father, I have done for or because of you. I know you
can’t understand how fully it encompasses me now, but wait, you will. I feel
the pressure of being a father every day. When you were younger and so
dependent on me it was greater, almost overwhelming sometimes
causing a panic. But it has lessened as you
have gotten older and are branching out on your own. Every misstep you have
made I would blame myself, knowing I should have taught you more and better. I
felt when you were younger a panic to make sure you were perfect, hence my
strictness. I knew that when God had sent you to me that you were in fact perfect, and
if you were returned to him any less than that, it would be my fault for not
parenting you correctly. (A pretty crazy thought, right?) In spite of me, you
have grown into such wonderful men and women, that I swell with pride at the
very thought of you. I am well pleased with you and I love you!!!
2.
Your Father in heaven loves you and you are known to him. Each one
of you has a personal relationship with your Father in heaven. You may have
forgotten how strong it is, but He hasn’t. I know this because He, Himself has
impressed it on my mind. At times in each of your life's it has been witnessed
to my soul as I have watched you grow or given you Fathers blessings. He is
willing to help you. He hears and answers your prayers. If you haven’t heard
his answers, then listen and be still. He is talking to you. He longs to be
included in your life on every level. Please talk to Him and include Him in everything you do.
3.
You are tough, and you can do hard things.
Case Family rule #1 “Life is hard but
I’m tough” there may be times in life when you get down and feel you
can’t go on. Heck maybe you don’t want to go on. It’s those times we should
reflect and recite our mantra “Life
is hard but I’m tough” say it to yourself over and over till it takes
root and grows in your soul. Not as some prideful thing but as a comforting
knowledge that you can and will, with God’s help make it. This does kind of go with #11; life is not fair
and #18; there is no cure for self-pity. Being tough or brave or happy is a
choice. I would encourage you to choose these rather than their alternatives;
but make no mistake it is always your choice. Tough is an action word, you can’t be tough
while you’re doing nothing. When we chose to be tough we must look for ways in
which we can be proactive in times of discouragement. You are capable of being men
and woman of action in tough times. You are awesome! Awesome: inspiring an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, or fear; causing or inducing awe
To be
continued…
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