Morning Christian Words of Encouragement – “Are YOU 100% sure, that you are Saved and headed to Heaven when you die? Are you sure YOUR name IS written in the Heavenly “Book of Life?” Is there absolutely not a shadow of a doubt in your mind, that your Salvation is already secured and you’re just waiting on the good Lord to call you home to be with Him? If the answer is “No, Not Sure, I Think So, Maybe, or Probably, then you need to get busy right now working on fixing that. You need to be totally sure where your Soul will spend eternity!” And AMEN goes right here….
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The Third Eye Perspective: By Carlos C. Brown
Thought For Today – “A Father’s Love”
Good Morning Saints! How are you doing this morning, good I hope? Did you have a good Father’s Day weekend, I sure hope so, because I sure did? My Father’s Day weekend was so good, that I felt compelled to honor all the real Father’s out there, who are striving to be good examples for their kids. The mothers always get recognized for their hard work, and efforts and rightfully so, and I have always tried to honor my mother and grandmother who raised me every chance I get. However, when it comes around to showing us Father’s a little love and admiration, everybody tends to have a little amnesia about how important of a role we play in the grand scheme of things! It is with this train of thought, or line of thinking, that it was placed on my heart this morning to talk about, “A Father’s Love.” And AMEN goes right here! Now, dating all the way back to just after the creation of the world and especially Adam, God himself held “MEN” in pretty high regard did He? I mean afterall, God DID make Adam to be a mirrored image of Himself right? Hey, you don’t have to take my word for it, read the book of Genesis! It IS written there in black and white! (read Genesis 1:27). That right there, should tell you how important men are in the grand scheme of things according to God’s plan! God also placed the responsibility of being the head of the household that the man resides in didn’t He? God thought so highly of Adam, aka “man,” that He wanted Adam to name everything He had created upon the earth, every animal, every fish in the sea, every bird in the sky, every plant, insect, etc….that is a very huge honor don’t you think? That is how important “man” was to God in Heaven in the grand scheme of life according to God’s will. And again, AMEN goes right here!
Now, after creating Adam, God didn’t think it was good that Adam be alone. You see, God wanted Adam to procreate, aka “have some chilluns” as my granny would say LOL to populate the earth! And with God creating Adam “in His own image,” Adam was more than capable of procreating without any help. Because you see, God can do that, He doesn’t need a woman to procreate. However, God decided He would also create Adam a help mate, known as a “wo-man” whom He named Eve. Now watch the significance of how God created Eve, he took the rib from Adam to create Eve. However, God formed her with all the necessary body organs she would need to be able to procreate along with Adam’s contribution. God placed the responsibility of protector, provider, and leader on shoulders of Adam. That is a pretty important responsibility if you stop and think about it. However, moving forward in the story, Adam knew his wife Eve (they came together in the form of making love if you will) and Eve bore a child, a son name Cain. This is how God in Heaven designed the procreating process to happen. Okay, now that we have laid the foundation of my premise, “A Father’s Love,” here is where I start to change gears and break down how important it is for a father to be present in his children lives. Much is asked of men even back then in the early Biblical days, but also still in today’s society. It is a HUGE responsibility not only to have children, but to help raise them as well. Not every man who creates children is capable of raising them the right way. Let me take that back, they ARE “capable” of doing so, but not all of them choose to do it. The news, social media, word of mouth, etc…frequently places deadbeat fathers on front street all day everyday. And this problem is so serious, that it is pretty much like an epidemic all over the world, not just in yours or my neck of the woods. It is definitely something that is hard for me to understand. I didn’t have my biological father Lee Andrew Brown Jr. aka “Tuff,” with me but the first couple of years of my young adolescent life. However, I feel like even in that short blip in time of me getting to spend with him, shaped me into the man and more importantly father, I am today.
My mom made it known that I was the apple in my father’s eye as a child. His pride and joy and that he had so many plans for me had he gotten to live a little longer. Tragically, my father was killed in an accident on his job, on a day that was supposed to be his day off. It would be easy to get mad at God for taking him so young, and so soon, but I choose to look at it a little bit differently. “God needed my daddy for some more important work in Heaven!” Hearing story after story of my father’s love for me and my other siblings, as well as how protective he was over his family, friends, and especially his reputation. My father is still to this day known for being honest, loyal, true to his word, and very protective over the people he cares about. If you messed with the people he cared about, you would realize too late that you had just unleashed a terror upon yourself that did not have an off switch. Once you got my father ticked off, he didn’t calm down easily, especially when it involved one of his family, friends, and or loved ones being messed with. But his love for his children and family and even his friends, was unmatched. I still to this day get to hear story after story from friends of my father when I bump into them in everyday life comings and goings. They all still have the utmost respect and admiration for him going on 48 years after his untimely death. It is also my motivation for striving to be just like him in raising my only son Dawson. I really do wish I could take more credit for how good Dawson has turned out so far, but honestly, he just makes it a point to be a good kid. Has been on the honor roll from day one, started taking advanced placement classes as soon as he was able, and he has excelled them making A’s and a few B’s, made a 30 on his ACT test the very first time he took it, will attend the University of Central Arkansas this fall on a full paid Academic Scholarship! But his biggest accomplishment that I’m the most proud of, he was saved and Baptized in January of 2011 without any insistence from me! It would be easy to stop right there and pat myself on the back forever, but I can’t because I know as a father, I still have work to do to finish and seal the deal of teaching him manhood qualities and skills. The importance of a present and loving father in their child’s life is a HUGE necessity. And if you are a father, and you don’t take on the responsibility of helping raise your children up to be responsible adult, you have directly contributed 95% of the world’s problems. This is a call for ALL father’s to stand up and be present in your child’s lives, nomatter what the situation is between you and their mother. Break the cycle of absenteeism, as well as the negative perception of this current generation being a fatherless one! Can I leave you Fathers reading this with a question or two to ponder it I may?
“How Deep Is Your Love For Your Children? Is it as deep as our Lord and Savior’s for His son Jesus Christ?”