For the 2008 Fathers and Dads who are looking forward to enjoying their families on Fathers/Dads Day, you may want to consider food for thought for the challenges that you are facing every day in the 21st Century. With so many Fathers and Dads giving up on their families and their spouses through death, divorce, financial woes, and lack of honest commitment, emphasis needs to be considered to encourage the perseverance and the renewal of the Fathers/Dads selfless responsibilities to achieve more positive results. Here are a few thoughts worth pondering and reflecting upon for Fathers and Dads.
"Happy are the Fathers/Dads who are poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven."
"Happy are the Fathers/Dads who mourn, for they will be comforted."
"Happy are the Fathers/Dads who are meek, for they will inherit the earth."
"Happy are the Fathers/Dads who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied."
"Happy are the Fathers/Dads who are merciful, for they will obtain mercy."
"Happy are the Fathers/Dads who are pure in heart, for they will see God."
"Happy are the Fathers/Dads who are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God."
"Happy are the Fathers/Dads who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven."
"Happy are the Fathers/Dads when other men revile them and persecute them and utter all kinds of evil against them falsely on Jesus' account. Rejoice and be glad for their reward will be great in Heaven." (Matthew 5: 1-12)
"If Fathers/Dads speak with human tongues and angelic as well, but do not have LOVE, they are a noisy gong, a clanging cymbal."
"If Fathers/Dads have the gift of prophecy and with full knowledge, comprehend all mysteries, if Fathers/Dads have faith great enough to move mountains, but have not LOVE, they are nothing."
"If Fathers/Dads give everything they have to feed the poor and hand over their bodies to be burned, but have not LOVE, they gain nothing."
"Fathers/Dads are patient. Fathers/Dads are kind. Fathers/Dads are not jealous. Fathers/Dads do not put on airs. Fathers/Dads are not snobbish. Fathers/Dads are never rude. Fathers/Dads are not self-seeking. Fathers/Dads are not prone to anger; Fathers/Dads do not brood over injuries. Fathers/Dads do not rejoice in what is wrong, but rejoice with the truth. There is no limit to Fathers'/Dads' forbearance, to Fathers'/Dads' trust, to Fathers'/Dads' hope, to Fathers'/Dads' power to endure."
FATHERS'/DADS' LOVE NEVER FAILS!
"When Fathers/Dads were children, they spoke and thought and reasoned as children do. But when Fathers/Dads became MEN, their thoughts grew far beyond those of their childhood, and they put away childish things."
"In the same way, Fathers/Dads can see and understand only a little about God the Father/Dad now. As if the Fathers/Dads were peering at God's reflection in a poor mirror; but someday Fathers/Dads are going to see God the Father (Dad) in His completeness, face to face. Now all that Fathers/Dads know is hazy and blurred, but then Fathers/Dads will see everything clearly, just as clearly as God the Father (Dad) see into the Fathers'/Dads' hearts right now."
"There are in the end three things that last: FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE, AND THE GREATEST OF THESE IS A FATHER'S/DAD'S LOVE FOR HIS SPOUSE AND HIS CHILDREN." (1 Corinthians 13:1-13)
In memory of my Dad who went to his eternal reward about ten years ago, here is my tribute to him:
"Dad, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow LOVE.
Where there is injury, PARDON.
Where there is doubt, FAITH.
Where there is despair, HOPE.
Where there is darkness, LIGHT.
Where there is sadness, JOY.
"Dad, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to CONSOLE;
to be understood as to UNDERSTAND;
to be loved as to LOVE;
for it is in GIVING that we receive,
and it is in PARDONING that we are pardoned,
and it is in DYING that we are BORN TO ETERNAL LIFE."
(Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi)
HAVE A WONDERFUL FATHERS/DADS DAY on June 15, 2008! Thanks Dad for the gifts of LIFE and LOVE, it is GREAT TO BE ALIVE!
"Happy are the Fathers/Dads who are poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven."
"Happy are the Fathers/Dads who mourn, for they will be comforted."
"Happy are the Fathers/Dads who are meek, for they will inherit the earth."
"Happy are the Fathers/Dads who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied."
"Happy are the Fathers/Dads who are merciful, for they will obtain mercy."
"Happy are the Fathers/Dads who are pure in heart, for they will see God."
"Happy are the Fathers/Dads who are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God."
"Happy are the Fathers/Dads who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven."
"Happy are the Fathers/Dads when other men revile them and persecute them and utter all kinds of evil against them falsely on Jesus' account. Rejoice and be glad for their reward will be great in Heaven." (Matthew 5: 1-12)
"If Fathers/Dads speak with human tongues and angelic as well, but do not have LOVE, they are a noisy gong, a clanging cymbal."
"If Fathers/Dads have the gift of prophecy and with full knowledge, comprehend all mysteries, if Fathers/Dads have faith great enough to move mountains, but have not LOVE, they are nothing."
"If Fathers/Dads give everything they have to feed the poor and hand over their bodies to be burned, but have not LOVE, they gain nothing."
"Fathers/Dads are patient. Fathers/Dads are kind. Fathers/Dads are not jealous. Fathers/Dads do not put on airs. Fathers/Dads are not snobbish. Fathers/Dads are never rude. Fathers/Dads are not self-seeking. Fathers/Dads are not prone to anger; Fathers/Dads do not brood over injuries. Fathers/Dads do not rejoice in what is wrong, but rejoice with the truth. There is no limit to Fathers'/Dads' forbearance, to Fathers'/Dads' trust, to Fathers'/Dads' hope, to Fathers'/Dads' power to endure."
FATHERS'/DADS' LOVE NEVER FAILS!
"When Fathers/Dads were children, they spoke and thought and reasoned as children do. But when Fathers/Dads became MEN, their thoughts grew far beyond those of their childhood, and they put away childish things."
"In the same way, Fathers/Dads can see and understand only a little about God the Father/Dad now. As if the Fathers/Dads were peering at God's reflection in a poor mirror; but someday Fathers/Dads are going to see God the Father (Dad) in His completeness, face to face. Now all that Fathers/Dads know is hazy and blurred, but then Fathers/Dads will see everything clearly, just as clearly as God the Father (Dad) see into the Fathers'/Dads' hearts right now."
"There are in the end three things that last: FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE, AND THE GREATEST OF THESE IS A FATHER'S/DAD'S LOVE FOR HIS SPOUSE AND HIS CHILDREN." (1 Corinthians 13:1-13)
In memory of my Dad who went to his eternal reward about ten years ago, here is my tribute to him:
"Dad, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow LOVE.
Where there is injury, PARDON.
Where there is doubt, FAITH.
Where there is despair, HOPE.
Where there is darkness, LIGHT.
Where there is sadness, JOY.
"Dad, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to CONSOLE;
to be understood as to UNDERSTAND;
to be loved as to LOVE;
for it is in GIVING that we receive,
and it is in PARDONING that we are pardoned,
and it is in DYING that we are BORN TO ETERNAL LIFE."
(Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi)
HAVE A WONDERFUL FATHERS/DADS DAY on June 15, 2008! Thanks Dad for the gifts of LIFE and LOVE, it is GREAT TO BE ALIVE!
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