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My Sunday feel good rant.

We all have a father, and in that way we are all connected.

I went to the home of my old friend, the city inspector, that “helped me” get the building permit last week. I honestly had not seen or heard from him in years. He asked for help with some finish work at his home. He happens to have 5 brothers that grew up in the same town that I did. I went to his house and we began to talk. He told me growing up his father had a bad drinking problem and when he drank he became very harsh and abusive to him and his brothers. He said at one point his father told him he was no good, he was useless and that’s why he will never give him anything of value because he’d ruin it. This, went on through his childhood and pushed him into years of self loathing, drinking and abusing himself. It’s something how evil people try their best to push us to loath and dislike ourselves.

One day he said he met a friend that had gotten sober and he told his friend he had rage inside of him because of the way his father had treated him, he just couldn’t understand why he treated him and his brothers so badly. A year later he told me he ran into the same friend and again told him he was still dealing with this anger, and still drank to excess. His friend told him he needed to get help, he gave him information of an Al-Anon meeting. Slowly my friend began to get the help he needed, understand, and heal.

I was a very lucky kid, I had a caring earthly father. My father was no pushover and I definitely didn’t want to disappoint him but if us kids ever got in trouble, and we all did, my father would do whatever it took to help get us out of it. After I did my wrong, my father was mad for a while but eventually he had his way of getting things back to normal. This was a learning process that I couldn’t wait to get to the end stage of and it also allowed me to gain trust in him, my father was always on our side. My inspector friend told me he still goes to meetings and hasn’t had a drink in over 14 years.

We all have a father, a loving father that’s for us, someone that helps us overcome our mistakes, someone that cheers us on as we pursue our dreams, someone that believes the very best in us. When we know God is our Father we know He’s there as a constant source of strength and encouragement. He’s there to lift us when we fall, to encourage us when we’re down. It’s a comforting feeling to know, when things get bad our Heavenly Father will always welcome us home with open arms. My friend, I’m happy to tell you, finally found Him. Happy Sunday!! J.Goodrich

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Vivian Evans's avatar

Many thanks for putting yet another quote in from Thomas Sowell!

Perhaps his quotes deserve to get a permanent slot here?

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