Father's Day 2026 - A Surprize

 

My Mom was a nurse.  Dad was not, but one day he surprized me with nurse-like ministration.  I can still recall it almost as if it had been yesterday.

I had had a cold and my sinuses were so blocked I definitely could not breathe through my nose.  What's worse, eating was virtually impossible.

In misery I quietly got up from the dining table and went and lay down on the living room sofa.  There I suffered it out, almost in tears.

Silently, my Dad approached and brought some sort of magic.  He told me to close my mouth and sniff as he squirted some de-clogging sinus sauce into one nostril.

"I can't," I quavered.

"Try anyway," Dad insisted.

I tried and oh glory be - instant relief!

He repeated the exercise with nostril #2.

In shocked surprize, I could breathe and eat again.  I hadn't known my Dad could do that.

I don't recall ever thanking him for it either.  Shame on me!  But as I think back, I see his compassion that moved and compelled him to bring his daugther relief.

No doubt there are many good Dad's everywhere who would act similarly on behalf of their offspring.  I take my hat off to all of them, but especially to my Dad even though he's been gone to glory for serveral years.

God our Heavenly Father is every bit as good and compassionate.  In fact, He is the most perfect Father of all time and eternity.  We can have a relationship with Him through faith in Jesus Christ.  

I really appreciate this relationship but I do need to remember to thank Him often.  All my praise and worship should be to Him as an offering of sacrifice from my lips (see Hebrews 13:15).

Let's all do that but don't forget to thank and honor your earthly fathers too.  Surprize them with it while you still can.

To all the good fathers out there ...

                                       HAPPY FATHER'S DAY 2026!

                                                   ~  ERC  May 2026  ~

Read Hebrews 13:15; Exodus 20:12 ESV.

Sing, Good, Good Father, along with Chris Tomlin.