Psalm
127:4-5 NLT
Children
born to a young man are like arrows in a warrior’s hands. How joyful is the man whose quiver is full of
them! He will not be put to shame when
he confronts his accusers at the city gates.
As the picture above shows
our daughters went to the prom this weekend.
I would say this is what we would call a “rite of passage”. But for this dad it is one of those days that
comes once in a lifetime and isn’t the easiest of days.
Yes, both our daughters
attended the same prom on the same night.
Our girls Rebecca and Ruth are 16 months apart in age and have since
birth been on a similar path, yet they are very different. I could not be more proud of them.
They are great
students. They have made good
choices. They are kind and gentle, but
they are different in several aspects of life.
They are beautiful young ladies that have so blessed my life, my wife’s
life and our family. One is a junior in high
school, and the other is a senior. They
have goals for life and are reaching for them.
We’ve been preparing for
this night for sometime. Well, maybe I
have been dreading this day, but it turned out very well. They had a great time through the prom and
the after-prom, and their dates seemed to have a great time as well. They were gentlemen to say the least.
As a dad I wasn’t sure what
to expect. I did expect that we would
have to spend some money, a lot of it actually, but my girls made careful choices
that saved us money and still had beautiful dresses and were prepared for their
special day. When they were asked to
adjust to make things better, they were gracious and kind.
I could not be more proud of
my daughters, and I love both of them very more. This dad could not be more proud as I look
back on the prom of 2015 at Bassett (VA) High School.
Yes, this post is personal,
but it is from my heart. The days ahead
are slated to be exciting with graduation and college. I am looking forward to those things as well
but still a bit timid. Let’s not talk
about the “m” word though (marriage) because I am afraid it might hit a never
in my heart after going through all the activities of prom weekend.
What a great blessing it is
to be a follower of Jesus and to help our children follow Him as well. There really is more to come!
Proverbs 22:6 NASB
Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not
depart from it.
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