Ask Your Father
"The preparations of the heart in man, and the
answer of the tongue, is from the LORD." Prov. 16:1
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sk your father. How many times have we heard that
growing up? Most of the time, my mother’s permission came like a stamp
of approval upon some “preparation” of my heart. A simple “yes” would
send this ten year old out the door with all the authority to “do” some
thing I wanted to do. Then there were times when my mind would come up
with what were sometimes questionable, dangerous, or outrageous
requests. Once those ideas would lay hold of my heart, there was no
letting go. My mother was wise enough to know that the State Circuit
Court of Appeals was not “high” enough. She knew a Federal case when
she saw one. Because there are some things that belong in the Supreme
Court of Family Affairs she would say, “Ask your father.”
Life would have been less painful if I had realized
that there was a higher court than that. Every thought and imagination
of the heart must be made to pass through Airport Security, because
there is a bomb in every “bad” idea. “Search me, Oh God and know my
heart. Try me and know my thoughts. See if there be any wicked way in
me and lead me in way everlasting.” (Ps. 139:23-24). This is another
good reason we should pray more. Ask your Father.
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