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Just Like Dad


As a boy growing up on ranches in central and east Texas, I learned (or tried) to emulate my Dad in most everything. He was my first hero.

Dad taught me how to ride, rope, cut cattle, doctor wormies, build fences, fix water gaps_just about anything there was to do around livestock or on the ranch. Taught me a lot of other things, too_about the importance of sticking to my word, finishing what I started, respecting elders, and putting in a full day's work.

I really don't recall him preaching very much to me - he simply taught by example. Without realizing it, I picked up many of his traits. Even today, I catch myself doing some little quirk or habit, and the thought suddenly comes to me, "That's just how Dad did it."

At the last supper, Jesus astounded His disciples when He told them that He only spoke what the Father told Him, and everything He did was through the power of His Father. In fact, He answered the questioning Philip with the bold statement, "If you've seen Me, you've seen the Father!" Even though Jesus was one hundred per cent man, just like you and me, He was the "spittin' image" of His heavenly Father in all that He said and did_He had a mighty good role model.

So, if you ever have a question about the nature of God, or how He feels about a particular subject, or how He would handle a certain situation, just go to the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) and read what Jesus said and did_as well as what He didn't do.

You will find that Jesus never killed anyone, never put a sickness or disease on anyone, never made anyone destitute_never harmed anyone in any fashion. Instead, He raised people from the dead, healed the sick and diseased, gave to the poor, and blessed everyone who came to Him in faith.

The Bible tells us that Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever (Hebrews 13:8). He's still doing the same things He always did_just like Dad.


Scripture: "Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father_I am in the Father and the Father is in me. The words I say are not my own, but my Father who lives in me does his work through me."  John  14:9-10  NLT











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