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A Father And A Son

April 14, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

I once heard a story of a father who was trying to read the paper with his young son sitting on the floor beside him. The child kept disturbing his father and distracting him from the article that he was trying to read. After several attempts of the father telling the young son to not disturb him the father found a picture of the world in the paper. He then tore the picture into several different small parts and then handed all the pieces to his son.

His son asked,”Dad, what do you want me to do with these pieces of paper?” Cleverly thinking, the father then said,”I want you to take these pieces of paper and reconstruct the picture of the world.” The son went to work and the father finally thought he would have some peace but no sooner than he got relaxed he heard his son say,”I got it Dad!”

To his surprise he looked down to see the picture of the world back together and then he said to his young son,”How did you reconstruct the world back together so quickly?” The son then said,”Awe dad it was easy”. What do you mean it was easy, the father asked? “Well dad there was a picture of a man on the back of the world and when I put the man together the world came together.”

The father then picked up his son and said,”I am proud of you son because if we are not together then how can we expect something else to come together?”

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Listen To Our Father’s Voice…

April 13, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

 A few years ago I heard a true story from a friend who had a young son that would not listen. He shared with me about an experience and a lesson that took place with his son and how the grandfather got to witness the consequences of his grandsons wrong actions as well. They were all standing outside in the yard talking while the young son kept stomping on a shovel kicking the handle up in the air.

 The father kept telling his son to stop it because if he kept on he could get hurt. As the two elders continued their conversation the young child that would not listen continued to disobey and stomp on the shovel throwing the handle in the air. The father warned him once again but with a stronger voice in hoping his son would take heed but sure enough the son still chose to not listen. 

 With the fathers voice getting more sturn and the child becoming more defiant the father chose to sit back in order for a lesson to be learned. It wasn’t long after that when the child stomped on the shovel that it came up so quickly that it nailed him right between his eyes. The child then ran to his father with tears of pain and the father did not scold him but comforted him in love.

  See this lesson of a father allowing his son to get hurt due to his disobedience did not mean that he did not love the child. The father knew that if his son would not listen that the best lesson learned is a lesson from the consequences of his actions. Can you see how this lesson relates with us today through our Father in Heaven above? Why is it that we choose to not listen and that we have to be hit between the eyes to see?

 When we choose to not listen is when we simply have to learn things the hard way….

James A. Harrison

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Jesus Is Standing At The Door

January 10, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

 This morning as I stood at the bedroom door of my son that was waking up the Lord inspired me to share a word with him that I am now passing on to you. My heart was full of love for my son as I stood there at the door and then as he was opening His eyes I said,” There will be a day that I will not be here any longer but do you know that Jesus will always be standing here at the door and He is always by your side?” My son nodded his head in agreement as I placed that reminding seed of comfort and accountability.

 With this being said to my son here is the part that really touched my heart. That overwhelming feeling of love that I felt there for my son is only a fraction of the love that our Father in Heaven has for each of us. For Jesus is standing at the door waiting on us to Wake Up and enter into the arms of our Father in Heaven above. Jesus does not yell to wake us up nor does He jump up and down in making loud sounds.

 For the Lord speaks in a gentle whisper of love with strength that soothes the soul…  

James A. Harrison

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Work Together Without Resistance

December 14, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

 Recently, a friend shared a story with me about his two boys that were going to build a deck one afternoon. His son requested the help of his brother on the construction of the deck. The son that was building the deck at his home had studied the instructions from the Internet and relayed this information to the his brother before he arrived.

 This task concerned the brother that was called to help because he had his own way of construction and did not want listen to the Internet instruction. In his love for his brother he agreed to help but along the way he called his father for some council. The father gave him some good advice in spiritual wisdom that helped his two sons not only accomplish the task in a timely manner but it kept them united in spirit without the spiritual resistance between them hindering the mission.

 The fathers advice was simply this,”Just help your brother build his deck.”  That advice seems short but it is very wise because too many times we encounter spiritual resistance between one another because we get to busy trying to tell someone else how to achieve their goals. There are principles that have to be followed to accomplish any objective but each person might not travel the same road to reach their destination.  

 Here is the life lesson from this experience. Pay attention to what someone is asking to hear their needs and learn to work with them to achieve their goal. God gives each one of us individual objectives and it should be our goal to understand our position without trying to take over someone elses mission…Amen   

 James A. Harrison

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