{"id":3665,"date":"2023-06-17T19:06:24","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T19:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianassociationofnigeria.org\/?p=3665"},"modified":"2023-06-17T19:06:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-17T19:06:27","slug":"article-it-takes-a-lifetime-to-realize-that-ones-dad-was-the-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianassociationofnigeria.org\/?p=3665","title":{"rendered":"Article: It takes a LIFETIME to realize that one’s DAD WAS THE BEST"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It takes a LIFETIME to realize that one’s DAD WAS THE BEST<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHEN I WAS 4 years old, I knew my dad to be THE BEST\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHEN I was 6, I also knew Dad to have known it all\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHEN I was 10 years of age, I knew Dad to be good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WHEN I was 12 years I began to think that Dad wasn’t as good as he was when I was a little boy\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

WHEN I WAS 14 years old, I began discovering him to be more temperamental and strict as never before\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHEN I WAS 16, I was convinced that he was an old school, and was not up to standard – to the current times we live in\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHEN I turned 18, I thought Dad was very intolerant and hard to communicate with & also difficult to get along with\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WHEN I turned 20, I realized that he wasn’t an easy person, and began wondering how Mom was able to put up with him in all the years of marriage\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

WHEN I turned 25, it seemed like he had many objections to everything that I did\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHEN I turned 30, I was convinced that we were not on the same page, and that nothing would ever please him\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WHEN I turned 40, I then only began to realize how good my upbringing was, and that I should also raise my kids up in the same way\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WHEN I was 45, I started wondering how did Dad ever put up with all the challenges he faced with us whilst we were growing up \u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

WHEN I became 50, I realized how difficult it was for Dad to have educated us and trying to instill good manners
in us, thus I began wondering how he managed to tolerate our excesses<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHEN I was 55 years of age, I only then started realizing the wisdom & foresight my Dad had of life in getting us to where we are today\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I turned 60, ONLY then did I eventually realize that MY DAD WAS THE BEST<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It takes a lifetime to realize the true status of our father. It takes us a life cycle to really appreciate our father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The difference being, as teens growing up, we selfishly view life within the confines of our own interests, whilst our fathers view life selflessly, sacrificing everything for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sadly, we sometimes fail to understand that our father is always our well WISHER.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At 40 only, do we then start to realize that what we believed when we were 4 to be true\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Some are yet fortunate to have realized their father’s true value whilst their father is living, whilst others have unfortunately realized when it was too late – their father has departed from this world; It’s a painful guilt to live with.
So children, please listen to, obey, and honour your father WHO LOVES
you and sacrifices I all for your good .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GOD BLESS ALL THE RESPONSIBLE FATHERS Amen \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udfff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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