I’ll never forget cutting fence posts with my Daddy as a little boy of six. It was on the Baker Pinkston “place,” and the tree that yielded the posts was the “incense” cedar tree, which is known for its aroma. Our mode of transportation was a 1957 blue Ford pick-up truck—well known in our circle for never using a drop of oil. The saw of choice was a McCulloch 740, with a bow blade.
My job was simple: stay in sight and out of the way. And to bring water, and saw gas and wedges, which were used to bust the bigger posts into halves or quarters. I was an equal partner in this manly work: fifty pounds of trim muscle!
Looking back, I am sure that I was in the perfect will of God, a boy with his father. There was no place I’d rather been than with my dad. There was no grace lacking for the job at hand, we got it done. There was no pretending I was his son, no practicing of his presence, no doubts about whose voice I was following. There were no fears, no self-imagined greatness, no thoughts of having to earn his favor or his love. Just a boy with his father.
The way it’s supposed to be with us and our heavenly Father.
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children. ~ Ephesians 5:1
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That was a good word, Jeb.
ReplyDeleteAs I was reading your blog, I thought of the many times that it was just me and my Daddy.
Whether, it was fishing, hunting, working, going to church, or praying with my Dad.
Even now, sometimes when I'm talking to my family or friends, I say something, and I say to myself, "That sounds just like Daddy talking!" but it's me talking.
I still can remember the sound of and his one of a kind voice that always helped me so much as his son. I loved my Dad as much a son could love his Dad, and I still do! I'd love to hear him speak to me this day.
Oh, what a joy for a son to hear his Dad talk to him about anything!
I pray for those today, that have the opportunity to have that precious time today. I pray that those that have that time, don't waste it or let it slip away!
I pray for the Dads that may have read your blog, that they will pray that the Heavenly Father would give them grace to bond with their sons and daughters.
We all have a lot to look forward to because their is a Heavenly Father that seeks to go to work with us, seeks to ride with us, and seeks to show us His great love every day.
Have you told your Daddy how much you love him today?
Have you told your Heavenly Father how much you love Him today?
Thanks for the reminder.
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