The Father rejoices

Proverbs 23:22-25

Listen to your father, who gave you life,

and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Buy the truth and do not sell it—

wisdom, instruction and insight as well.

The father of a righteous child has great joy;

a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.

May your father and mother rejoice;

may she who gave you birth be joyful!

With Father’s Day coming up, I thought it would be nice to talk about Father’s today.  I didn’t always have the greatest relationship with my Dad, however I am grateful for the relationship we have today.  Throughout the Bible we see it said to listen to your parents.  This is a lesson that my husband and I are always working on with our 2 year old.  Lately, it’s actually been getting better. 

Yesterday I watched as my husband played on the floor with my son.  My son climbed up on Daddy, gave him a huge hug and told him that he loved him and that he was the best Daddy!  This just melted my heart.  It also got me thinking, how often do we sit with our Heavenly Father and tell him that we love him and that he is the best?

The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.  Do we bring our Heavenly Father great joy because we are righteous?  Does he see us as wise?   Let’s make our Heavenly Father proud with the way that we live our lives each day.