Today is Father's Day - my brother and I wanted to celebrate for dad but he said not this year due to mum's medical condition. Yesterday I went out to buy a mango cake for dad since he loves this flavour a lot. I was glad he enjoyed the cake.
I am now in Ngee Ann City Coffee Bean - to do some reading and blogging. I decided not to go home as I wanted mum and dad to spend some time on their own. I think he may be bringing mum out somewhere - heard her mentioned it last night. I pray they will have a good time together. I am also happy that mum is going out of the house as I feel it is not good for her to always be cooped up at home.
The sermon today on what a father should be, as instructed in the Bible, ministered to me a lot. I learnt three roles of a father:-
1) He is the Leader of the Family (Ephesians 5:22-24)
He is the head of the household and it is his responsibility to lead his family.
2) He is the Lover of the Family (Ephesians 5:24-29)
He must show unconditional, sacrificial and self-giving love to his family.
3) He is the Levite (Priest) of the Family (Ephesians 6:4)
He is responsible of the spiritual well-being of His family. His primary ministry should be that of home.
If ever I got married and have a chance to be a father, it is my prayer and desire to live out these three roles.
At the end of his sermon, the speaker played a video clip (http://parentswish.com/site02/big.html) on a message that parents have for their children. I was touched by that clip as it reminded me of how old my parents are now; of how they brought me up though some methods they used were ineffective; of how they tried their best to be as good a parent as they can be; of how they now have medical problems and it is the role of me, as their child, to take care of their needs; of how one day they would be gone.
As I have shared in my previous blogs, I was never that close to mum and dad but in the recent years, we are drawing closer to one another. It might come a bit late but it is better late than never, I guess.
It is my prayer that in their living years, I will continue to strive to be as filial a child to them as possible. I may fail at times due to my shortcomings but I will keep trying.
Well, these are some thoughts which I would like share on this blog.
To my Heavenly Father, earthly father, God-father and all fathers, a God-blessed Father's Day to you!
"Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church — for we are members of his body. "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." Ephesians 5:22-31
I am now in Ngee Ann City Coffee Bean - to do some reading and blogging. I decided not to go home as I wanted mum and dad to spend some time on their own. I think he may be bringing mum out somewhere - heard her mentioned it last night. I pray they will have a good time together. I am also happy that mum is going out of the house as I feel it is not good for her to always be cooped up at home.
The sermon today on what a father should be, as instructed in the Bible, ministered to me a lot. I learnt three roles of a father:-
1) He is the Leader of the Family (Ephesians 5:22-24)
He is the head of the household and it is his responsibility to lead his family.
2) He is the Lover of the Family (Ephesians 5:24-29)
He must show unconditional, sacrificial and self-giving love to his family.
3) He is the Levite (Priest) of the Family (Ephesians 6:4)
He is responsible of the spiritual well-being of His family. His primary ministry should be that of home.
If ever I got married and have a chance to be a father, it is my prayer and desire to live out these three roles.
At the end of his sermon, the speaker played a video clip (http://parentswish.com/site02/big.html) on a message that parents have for their children. I was touched by that clip as it reminded me of how old my parents are now; of how they brought me up though some methods they used were ineffective; of how they tried their best to be as good a parent as they can be; of how they now have medical problems and it is the role of me, as their child, to take care of their needs; of how one day they would be gone.
As I have shared in my previous blogs, I was never that close to mum and dad but in the recent years, we are drawing closer to one another. It might come a bit late but it is better late than never, I guess.
It is my prayer that in their living years, I will continue to strive to be as filial a child to them as possible. I may fail at times due to my shortcomings but I will keep trying.
Well, these are some thoughts which I would like share on this blog.
To my Heavenly Father, earthly father, God-father and all fathers, a God-blessed Father's Day to you!
"Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church — for we are members of his body. "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." Ephesians 5:22-31
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