Father's Day

     A wise and highly successful father recently said:  "Never let your children win. A truly competitive father never lets his children win, because he loves them. Every time you give your children something that you did not have growing up, you take from them something you did have. So, always compete."

     After chewing on this tres bon advice, I add two footnotes: 1) Never say never or always, and 2) the preface words "A truly competitive father" are key regarding letting your children win. But, basically I tend to agree. Heed the resistant, knee-jerk notion, "I want to give or do this or that for my child because I wished my parents had done this for, or given that to, me."

     Review your strengths in light of insightful Deuteronomy 1. With potentially unneeded coddling or rescuing, would you possess your key strengths? Ninety-nine point nine percent (99.9%) of the Israelites seemed unfazed by God's Almighty Fatherhood.