{"id":11208,"date":"2026-06-21T03:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T07:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/?p=11208"},"modified":"2026-06-05T15:20:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T19:20:50","slug":"fathers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/?p=11208","title":{"rendered":"Father’s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Fathers
\n\"Fathers<\/p>\n

Written Long Ago<\/h3>\n

This was written in February of 1985 in a notebook that turned into a full fledged journal later that year. (I’m on notebook #48 in my private journal now.) My, things were so different then! So much has changed in the world over 31 years! Cell phones and personal computers weren’t things back then. I myself have changed in so many ways and in so many directions. I’ve grown. I’ve fallen. I’ve turned aside. I’ve turned back. One thing I can say is that I whole-heartedly believe all the words I wrote on February 28, 1985. God’s grace is the only reason why I can say that.<\/p>\n

\nWith thankfulness for such grace, I am posting this reflection\/prayer on this Father’s Day in 2026.<\/p>\n

Transcription<\/h3>\n

Romans 8:15<\/u> – “For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.”<\/p>\n

\n“Father, I’m thankful that You have received me as a child. I’m thankful that I am not counted as a mere slave or possession but as Your child, as an heir with Christ. Therefore, I willingly<\/u> become Your slave. For in pleasing You I find my greatest joy and fulfillment. I serve you with gladness, Father. (Psalm 100:2 – “Serve the Lord with gladness: come before His presence with singing.”)<\/p>\n

\n“Father, I am not worthy to be Your son. (Luke 15:21) Just to be one of Your servants would be enough to satisfy my heart for all eternity.<\/p>\n

\n“But how great is Your GRACE! You have not asked me to fill a servant’s place. You’ve called me to be Your son! In fact, the very reason Christ suffered was to bring many sons<\/u> to glory. (Hebrews 2:10) I’m so joyful that You said SONS and not slaves!<\/p>\n

\n“Oh, what grace! What privilege! What security! I am no longer in bondage to fear! I have a Heavenly Father that loves me more than all the earthly fathers could ever possibly love their sons in a billion years!”<\/p>\n

AMEN!<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written Long Ago This was written in February of 1985 in a notebook that turned into a full fledged journal later that year. (I’m on notebook #48 in my private journal now.) My, things were so different then! So much has changed in the world over 31 years! Cell phones and personal computers weren’t things … Continue reading “Father’s Day”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95,41],"tags":[388,341,317],"class_list":["post-11208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-private-journal-writing","category-religion","tag-adoption","tag-grace","tag-romans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11208"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11212,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11208\/revisions\/11212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}