Since Sunday (June 18) is Father's Day, I thought it would be appropriate to post a brief blog thanking God for my earthly father, John Ibbotson, today. Every once in a while, people tell me that there's some resemblance between me and my dad - either in appearance, sound of our voice, a mannerism, etc. I usually find that to be quite surprising...and yet a compliment also. This brief reflection won't contain anything profound or amazing, but its a brief "thank you" to God for the dad I have been blessed with.
Thanks Lord for a dad who encourages me in whatever I do (attempt) and is there to help pick up the pieces when I make mistakes. And I can't actually ever recall him saying "I told you so." (Of course, I don't give many opportunites for that to happen - but I guess that's another indication of the good dad he was/is!) Thanks for a dad who helped me be/come who You wanted me to be, not what he might have thought was nice or made him look good. Thanks for a dad who encouraged my interests, even when they weren't always his. Thanks for a dad who was ALWAYS in full-time Christian ministry (pastor, missionary, Bible college teacher) and yet never made me feel that his position was hindering me, financially, spiritually, emotionally, etc. In fact, my desire to live/teach in the same Christian community that I was raised in and work for the same Bible college my dad has worked for the past 20 years is because his work/ministry was such a GOOD part of my growing up life. Thanks for a dad who loved his wife, my mom, too! And for encouraging mom to be who God made her to be and encouraged her to use her gifts for the Kingdom too. I probably wouldn't have such "liberal" views on the place of women in ministry/leadership if my dad hadn't been so right in encouraging mom to use her gifts! And thanks for a dad who was willing to apologize when he needed to - and that wasn't very often or for very "significant" matters. And thanks mostly for a dad who loved Jesus and always sought to follow His will first. That's a gift very few young men have today.
3 comments:
Cool post, Steve. Well done.
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