Monday: Fathers

Honor your father and your mother so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Good Morning, my dear brothers and sisters. It is Monday and the first day of the work week. Schools are out, vacations are in, so please be careful on the roads and with all your driving. Kids will be playing on the streets, so watch for those balls rolling out in the street, for as a rule, a kid follows the ball. Today being Monday is the day we pray for our President and all of our leaders, plus all those who work to keep us safe and healthy and their families. So pray for the members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, Merchant Marines, the Reserves, the National Guards, our State Police, Local Police, FBI, CIA, Secret Service, and I could go on and on ... Please include security guards on those prayers as we saw just last week they are also on the firing line.. Please folks, security guards are not "rent-a-cops", they are good people hired to protect you and their employer's property and goods.

Fathers (1): Exodus 20: 12 - Honor your father and your mother so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. (NIV)

This week God has directed me to write about fathers. We hear a lot about mothers' day but so often fathers' day is forgotten. Maybe there is reason for this, for in so many families the father is just plain missing, and while this is true there are many reasons for that. Let's start the week with just talking a tad about the commandment from God that tells all they should honor their father and mother, and if we just look close we see that if we do just that, if we live and honor our parents, we will get bonus time here on earth. That is very clear to me ... "Honor your father and mother so that you may live long."

This week I am asking God to point out to me more about fathers, some famous fathers, and maybe change some long time things that have been told to kids that are wrong ... Like this one ... President George Washington is often referred to as the "father of our Country". No, no folks, he was our first president but "God the Father, our creator who made this country would be the "Father of our Country." God the Father is also still in charge of our country today. Remember our pledge, "One Nation, UNDER GOD." So this week we are going to go forth with fathers week on this line.

MEN, you dads on the line - line up and be counted, you are indeed the head of your house, under God of course, and you are to lead your family. Amen! So hang with me all week ...

Dear Father in Heaven, we do indeed pray for fathers today and pray most that they stay attached to their families, lead them under your guidance, and Lord, those that might have detached from the family, we pray that they will get back in the family. Lord, bless our president and watch over Him. Lord, watch over and bless his family also. Be with all of our leaders, and may they bring all things to you and ask for guidance over their work. Lord, bless all who keep us safe, I named them Lord, and pray for all those named and their families. Lord, I know I missed some, like firefighters and those medics who work the skies and streets. Please Lord, bless all those in the medical field and help them. And Lord, I just want You to know that I love You, and I appreciate Your leading me on this line, and Your keeping it safe from crashing. In Jesus name, I pray. Amen.

Go forth, sharing those blessings ... and thanks to all who prayed for me over the weekend, it was busy, and thanks to God, it all went well, just perfect ... Love ya, dan.