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Fatherhood and Faith

The ultimate test of faith. 
Imagine, Jesus standing in front of the world 
and saying, "God is my father."
Now, imagine God standing in front of the world, 
saying, "Man is my son."

If that doesn't rattle your
religion, you think too much of God...

What's harder to believe;
Man looking upward 
or God looking downward?
Which one of us is ready
to admit such a blunderous mistake?
As my son goes out into the world
with nothing but my teachings,
I question how I raised him.
I question faith. 
Upward or downward,
where do I place the blame
if things go sideways? 
Where do I draw the line of righteousness?
Will he blame me as I blamed
my father before him?
Will the God in me
move stone away
& raise him up again? 
Is faith thinking 
he will never fall at all?
That he was put here to be
more than what
 I could have ever conceived
him to be? 
He takes my faith,
balls it up &
tosses it in the trash
He says, "Dad, I got this."
Truly, he's had more  faith in me
than I ever had...

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