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| My dad, Robert Nelson |
Our Father (Matt 6:9)
It is significant that Jesus
does not teach us to pray in formal and flowery terms. Sometimes that get’s
lost in the old translations, because to us they sound formal and flowery. It
makes me a little sad sometimes when folks stand up and pray in public and use
Thee’s and Thou’s and words they would never use in normal conversation. God is
our Father.
I know that there are lots of bad examples of fathers around today, so
for some “father” is the last place they want to go for relationship, but that
is not the ideal. My own dad was a great father, though like all of us dads, he didn't think so himself. He loved God and was a great example to me of what it meant to live life as a Christian. When I look at pictures of my dad, I think, there is a guy who was always approachable. [Read More]
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