Today our pastor preached a special Father's Day sermon from Deuteronomy chapter 6, including verses six and seven, which you can find on the sidebar of the blog. But he pointed out something I never knew: there is a Hebrew word in verse 7 which is translated there as, "teach diligently." In other passages of the bibles it is translated as "sharpen" or "whet" (as on a whetstone). What a great word picture God gave us to describe the duties of a godly parent: to sharpen in order to prepare for service. For what service? The service of the Lord, the King of glory. What should we use as our whetstone? The Lord's commandments. How much time will it take? Deuteronomy says that we need to do it "when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up." I thank God every day for the two godly fathers, my Dad and Ev's Dad, who took the time to sharpen their children- to teach diligently the commandments of the Lord. I thank God that my children have a father who has the same heart and dedication. Happy Father's Day!
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We pray that ALL of our grandsons will grow to become that kind of a father for their children.
And we continue to pray for their fathers to take very seriously their responsibility to be the spiritual leaders in their homes.
Thank you Father for the godly men in our family! Mom
Yes, I am thankful for them, also.
Nice post, Meghan.
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