Pastor's Corner

for Sunday June 21
Today in America, and about fifty other countries of the world, we celebrate Father’s Day. So I want to look at Psalm 103:13-14 which has a message particularly for fathers: “As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.” God shows compassion on us his children for He knows our frame and He remembers that we are dust. He knows what we’re made of and our limitations. God does not excuse our sin because of our human weakness but He is patient with us because of it. He supplies power to us because He knows the weakness of our human nature and our brokenness due to sin. He is a compassionate father who deals with us according to our frailness and our weaknesses. By watching how God fathers His children we learn to be fathers. Therefore, we are to show compassion on our children as we remember their frame and that they too are dust. What that means is we must always remember their limitations and factor that in as we father our children. Also, we must remember that our primary job is to introduce them to their heavenly father. One other thought, fathers, remember your human father has limitations too. God is the only perfect father and so we need to be magnanimous in our attitude toward our own fathers. My father wounded me; I wounded my children and they will wound their children - why? Because we are all dust. So look to God and imitate His fatherhood and we will be better fathers. Have as great father’s day.
Pastor Don