[Faith-talk] Good Night Message, Albeit a Little Late

[Paul]

Hello and good evening or morning to you all.  Sorry to be late, but I was out with my Christian singles friends and especially the one who drove me home, Susan Cassity, one of the most wonderful sighted people you'd care to meet.  Anyway I'm home and hope Susan makes it home.  She went out of her way for about a half hour, which means that it will take 30 minutes at the minimum for her to get home.  I thank God for her unselfish generosity.  Anyway hope your Sunday was good.  Mine was, but it could have been better.

The final poem in the Father's Day trilogy is from the pen of Reginald Holmes and, since the majority of you who receive these good night messages are ladies, I think and hope that you can relate to Mr. Holmes' poem.  Entitled "Dads and Daughters," it is rendered as follows:

Whole volumes have been written
Of fathers and their sons.
Why must daughters and their dads
Be such forgotten ones?
There are special ties that bind
A daughter to her dad
And a certain kind of feeling
That sons have never had.

She goes to Dad for counsel
When things get out of hand.
She knows he has the answers,
That he will understand.
>From him she gets her courage;
She thrives upon his praise
And sometimes takes advantage
Of his kind, loving ways.
With due respect to mother,
Today I'm proud and glad
To write a little poem about
A daughter and her dad!

And for those of you who are still up and awake, may the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob just keep us safe individually and collectively throughout the night and especially in the last days in which we live.  On the other hand, if you read this message upon perusing your email inbox first thing in the morning, I hope that this sentiment finds you safe also.  Your Christian brother, Paul