I love this! An excerpt from Holy Sweat by Tim Hansel.
One day, while my son Zac and I were out in the country, climbing around in some cliffs, I heard a voice from above me yell, "Hey, Dad! Catch me!" I turned around to see Zac joyfully jumping off a rock straight at me. He had jumped and then yelled, "Hey, Dad!" I became an instant circus act, catching him. We both fell to the ground. For a moment after I caught him, I could hardly talk.
When I found my voice again I gasped in exasperation: "Zac! Can you give me one good reason why you did that?"
He responded with remarkable calmness: "Sure...because you're my dad." His whole assurance was based on the fact that his father was trustworthy. He could live life to the hilt because I could be trusted. Isn't this even more true for a Christian?
One day, while my son Zac and I were out in the country, climbing around in some cliffs, I heard a voice from above me yell, "Hey, Dad! Catch me!" I turned around to see Zac joyfully jumping off a rock straight at me. He had jumped and then yelled, "Hey, Dad!" I became an instant circus act, catching him. We both fell to the ground. For a moment after I caught him, I could hardly talk.
When I found my voice again I gasped in exasperation: "Zac! Can you give me one good reason why you did that?"
He responded with remarkable calmness: "Sure...because you're my dad." His whole assurance was based on the fact that his father was trustworthy. He could live life to the hilt because I could be trusted. Isn't this even more true for a Christian?
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