Happy Father's Day!
Last week, some of my friends on the street asked me what I’d be doing ‘on Father’s day.’ I had to think about it a minute … was it on a Saturday or a Sunday?
Well, I guess Father’s Day is today … Sunday. I did wake up early to cards and gifts and best wishes from family, and I’m grateful; kind’a. At my age, I’m grateful just to wake up in the morning. And yeah, I am a father, but the gift and card were from my wife, and I’m not her father, eh? Plus, I hardly talk to my kids during the rest of the year, unless we’ve gathered for a birthday or a funeral or some other celebratory occasion. We’re all too busy, I guess.
No, today is just a Sunday, and I plan (Lord willing) to do what I do every Sunday or Tuesday or Thursday or Friday. I’ll head out to the streets, the riverbanks and hidden bridges in search of my family and friends who have no permanent address. I know some of my friends are fathers, and I know from experience that many will be particularly despondent because they’re not there for their kids; and their kids are not there for them; and they should have done better with their lives; and … It goes on and on and on, ad nauseum.
Today is a day no different than any other day; except somebody in society made this a ‘special day’ of celebration for economic reasons. It’s the same reason the Christian Church made Easter and Christmas official ‘holy days’; to get more pagans to feel guilty (the primary weapon of our evil foe), and to get the guilt-ridden into churches so as to increase the size of the collection plates.
This day, I celebrate Heavenly Father’s Day with my family and friends on the street, just like I do everyday I’m out on the streets. This is the day the Lord has made, like every other day. It is a day to celebrate our freedom from past shortcomings, to pick ourselves up with the help of what family and friends we have, and to get on with our lives, confident that God is not looking to ‘get us’ for past mistakes … He’s looking to heal us, to forgive us, and to help us up and out of the misery of loneliness and self-pity.
Hey … today is a day just like every other day. So, Happy Heavenly Father’s Day!
Well, I guess Father’s Day is today … Sunday. I did wake up early to cards and gifts and best wishes from family, and I’m grateful; kind’a. At my age, I’m grateful just to wake up in the morning. And yeah, I am a father, but the gift and card were from my wife, and I’m not her father, eh? Plus, I hardly talk to my kids during the rest of the year, unless we’ve gathered for a birthday or a funeral or some other celebratory occasion. We’re all too busy, I guess.
No, today is just a Sunday, and I plan (Lord willing) to do what I do every Sunday or Tuesday or Thursday or Friday. I’ll head out to the streets, the riverbanks and hidden bridges in search of my family and friends who have no permanent address. I know some of my friends are fathers, and I know from experience that many will be particularly despondent because they’re not there for their kids; and their kids are not there for them; and they should have done better with their lives; and … It goes on and on and on, ad nauseum.
Today is a day no different than any other day; except somebody in society made this a ‘special day’ of celebration for economic reasons. It’s the same reason the Christian Church made Easter and Christmas official ‘holy days’; to get more pagans to feel guilty (the primary weapon of our evil foe), and to get the guilt-ridden into churches so as to increase the size of the collection plates.
This day, I celebrate Heavenly Father’s Day with my family and friends on the street, just like I do everyday I’m out on the streets. This is the day the Lord has made, like every other day. It is a day to celebrate our freedom from past shortcomings, to pick ourselves up with the help of what family and friends we have, and to get on with our lives, confident that God is not looking to ‘get us’ for past mistakes … He’s looking to heal us, to forgive us, and to help us up and out of the misery of loneliness and self-pity.
Hey … today is a day just like every other day. So, Happy Heavenly Father’s Day!
posted by Kelly at 8:00 AM
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