God's Boys will be good boys!
My father, even as an old man, would sigh with loss when he would see little boys with their fathers. That was his favorite thing, in the world to be able to be. He fought, himself and his passions and his disloyalties to make sure that he could be a husband and a father. A relationship that he felt was stolen from him as a child, made him passionate about its importance.
He made alot of mistakes and was far from the model of this role; but, he did point out the examples that made him drool for that relationship and nurture those relationships in his life.
He pointed out every wicked passion in us and others that would make it impossible to maintain relationships with that. "Snake in the grass" was the worst epithet for him to murmur at our behavior. He showed us, if you want to be a snake, I will show you how to be a snake. He used his negative examples of intense knowledge of the most debased human behavior, in terms of loyalties to show us an emotional 3D picture of what it means to be a snake. It hurt emotionally more than a spanking ever could. No one can say things that pigeonhole you as much as a father. He couldn't know that, because he never had one. The scriptures show us the power of a father. God says, even if a child or daughter makes a vow and her father disallows it, he has the ability to mark her course. That was in Numbers. I think that this is really the case. It is very hard to get away from the dillineation that our fathers make of us.
I think that the one thing missing in this generation, is men who will be brave enough to chart a course for their children, in terms of character and roles and life. "I want you to...be blessed and prosper". After that, I want you to do battle with the spiritual wickednesses in high places. The pen is mightier than the sword? The video?
