“Hey wasn’t that Dad?”

By Jonathan  Busch

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 A family in the East was planning a month’s vacation to the West Coast. At the last minute the father’s work responsibilities prevented him from going, but Mom insisted that she was capable of driving and that she and the kids would go ahead. Dad got out the maps and planned the route and where the family should stop each night.

A couple of weeks later, the father completed his extra work responsibilities. He decided to surprise the family, so he flew to a West Coast city without calling them. Then he took a taxi out into the country on a highway that, according to his travel plan, the family should be driving on later that day. The taxi driver dropped him off on the side of the road. Dad waited there until he saw the family car coming, then stuck out his thumb as a hitchhiker. As Mom and the kids drove past, they did a double take. One of the kids said, “Hey wasn’t that Dad?” Mom screeched to a stop, backed up to the hitchhiker and the family had a joyful reunion.

Later, when a newspaper reporter asked the man why he would do such a crazy thing, he responded, “After I die, I want my kids to be able to say, ’Dad sure was fun, wasn’t he?’”

If you are around children than you have eyes upon you at all times. This is not just for small children, but kids of all ages, including some of us who are constantly watching older more experienced people. We are not an island to ourselves, people are always watching how we respond, what we do.

Eph 6:1 “Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.”

We are to model before our children the way in which they are to live their lives. This can be a challenge in that we are human and we will make mistakes, but even in our mistakes we must be willing to show our children how we are to handle those areas in our life with humility and a willingness to pick ourselves back up and admit that we are wrong. ………..