FATHERS DAY`

I find myself surrounded by amazing fathers.
Paying proper tribute is difficult for me.

FIRST: I have an all loving, omnipresent, omnipotent, Father in heaven. Of this I am certain.

As a favorite hymn says:

O, my Father, thou that dwellest in the high and glorious place,
When shall I regain thy presence, And again behold thy face?
In thy holy habitation, did my spirit once reside?
In my first primeval childhood, was I nurtured near thy side?

For a wise and glorious purpose, Thou hast placed me here on earth
And with-held the recollection of my former friends and birth;
Yet oft-times a secret something whispered, "You're a stranger here,"
And I felt that I had wandered from a more exalted sphere.

I had learned to call Thee Father, Thru thy Spirit from on high,
But, until the key of knowledge was restored, I knew not why.
In the heav'ns are parents single? No, the thought makes reason stare!
Truth is reason; truth eternal tells me I've a mother there.

When I leave this frail existence, when I lay this mortal by,
Father, Mother, may I meet you in Your royal courts on high?
Then, at length, when I've completed all you sent me forth to do,
With your mutual approbation, let me come and dwell with you.
text:Eliza R. Snow 1804-1887 Music: James McGranahan 1840-1907

SECOND: I have a brilliant and devoted father that gave me mortal life, and so very much more than that as well.


THIRD: I have the blessing of being blissfully, happily married to the father of my children!
FOURTH: I also have the blessing of having a first rate father-in-law in all the world.
FIFTH: I now have the great pleasure of watching some my 'boys' become fathers.

Its not for me question why it is I have been so blessed with great men in my life. Just know that I plan on never, no never ever taking any one of them for granted. I wish I had words adequate enough to express my gratitude and love to each of you!