An Anchor
The Holy Bible instructs us to raise a child, train a child
in the Lord.
There is an inherent blessing in fulfilling that
command.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and
when he is old, he will not depart from it.
So, what happened;
We were in a Holiday Thanksgiving Day Celebration. My daughter stated, while seeing others being
baptized, that she too wants to be baptized, in her “home church”.
She stated it was wonderful that all the church congregation
members got together to eat a Thanksgiving Day meal; and she stated all the
churches need to “do this”.
Prior to going there, I woke up and praised with a heavy
heart. I knew I was going to a dinner
wherein the disabled, elderly, homeless, and others in need were not
necessarily invited. So I cried within
my soul, while knowing this dinner would be our family celebration because the
children were scheduled to be with their mom this year for this holiday. So, the dinner meant to me an early celebration
with my kids, this year.
We were supposed to eat as a group with my other church
friends, but, they did not show due to other commitments, although they stated
they would come. I felt somewhat
dejected and out of the way. I passed
all the others welcoming and greeting me, in error, while searching for my
friends. So, I wanted to leave early
when I did not find my friends. I passed
through my blessing of saying hi to others whom expressed a desire to “Salud-able”
and hospitable. That was bad on my part.
But, the anchors came in, and compelled me to stay in
church. Most of the time, I take the
kids to church when they are reluctant or do not want to go. I have my anchor in church most of the
time. But, I weighed anchor and was
ready to go. Then my son said, “we
cannot go dad ….. this is church”. There was a unison between both of them.
Their anchors held me in place in church.
This was awesome and the additional blessing of the
night. I had two more anchors now in
play. So, when I am out of the way, two
other ones can keep me in the way, and, that is the fruit of training up a
child in the Lord, as the command was issued.
Seeing my daughter involved in ministry; and having her
state she wanted to be baptized, is a saved father’s dream and ultimate
blessing from the Lord. Then, having the
additional blessing, in one night, of two children willing to help clean up,
and stay til the end of service, anchoring me when I felt out of the way and
dejected, is awesome. God is Good and He
will give the increase if you follow His command. Jesus is real.
