Picture three men in three...
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Picture three men in three different situations. The first sits in the bleachers at a Little League game. His eyes are glued on the pitcher. With each pitch, he remembers those first days of playing catch with his young son. His memory replays the scene almost like a video replay on television. The ball glove back then was almost as big as his son. But the boy learned to catch and throw the ball very well. And now, today, he is the starting pitcher ... and he is throwing strikes. With each pitch, a smile flashes across the father's face.
The second man sits at his desk at home reading a letter. His son has written his weekly letter home and it is filled with some very interesting news. It seems that his son has met a young woman at the college chapel where he worships. They have discussed some pretty deep subjects lately, and discovered some commonly held beliefs and convictions. In the process, they have fallen in love. This father, too, feels a smile implant itself on his fact.
The third man is standing with his teenage son at a church fellowship dinner. He observes how his son displays an authentic and joy-filled enthusiasm for life as he converses not just with his peers, but with people of all ages. He joins the other fathers in smiles of pride because he, like the others, is well pleased with his son.
--Thompson
The second man sits at his desk at home reading a letter. His son has written his weekly letter home and it is filled with some very interesting news. It seems that his son has met a young woman at the college chapel where he worships. They have discussed some pretty deep subjects lately, and discovered some commonly held beliefs and convictions. In the process, they have fallen in love. This father, too, feels a smile implant itself on his fact.
The third man is standing with his teenage son at a church fellowship dinner. He observes how his son displays an authentic and joy-filled enthusiasm for life as he converses not just with his peers, but with people of all ages. He joins the other fathers in smiles of pride because he, like the others, is well pleased with his son.
--Thompson
