To the next
generation of dads, “Be a hero to your kiddo.” Be there to cheer your kiddos as they finish their goals in the race of life.
This past year,
I have prayed & watched other dads grow with their kiddos. My brother
taking his only daughter to her dance class & watching her grow.
Also, I had
watched my boyfriend’s son graduate high school & receiving Eagle Scout
award. We are very proud of his son.
My dad never
thought of himself as hero to us kiddos.
He always put us
first. An example: Dad would order a pizza for us kids on a Friday night. When
the pizza arrived dad would let us eat first before he ate. Dad always made
sure we were fed, safe, loved & happy.
Bulletproof by
JD Rodriguez (my Dad). 06.30.1999
2 Corinthians
13:9
“We are glad
whenever we are weak but you are strong; and our prayer is for your perfection.”
I have always
enjoyed watching the old movies of Superman where George Reeves (later
Christopher Reeves) portrays the man with the big S on the chest just waiting
for the bad guys to shoot at him. I always knew that those bullets would bounce
off in every situation but nonetheless I watched intently.
Superman was
expected to defend the fears of all men by using his natural powers for the
cause of good. Even the bad guys knew that their bullets were just being wasted
when they shot at the man of the steel, yet then shot him for our
entertainment. I often thought when I was very young that if I just wore the
right uniform or the right cape, I would be just like Superman. Up to this day,
I still have not found anything that I can wear to help me against the bullets
of life except for Word of God.
Paul tells us
that when we are weak God is strong in us. Many times we forget that God is
right there the whole times we are so low because of comments made towards us.
Paul wrote from experience of so many lows in his life when he rejected,
neglected, abused, and refused. He came to his Christian walk to the point to
where he depended on God’s word more than he did on man words. No matter what
he was told negatively to him, he held God’s word much higher than any words
from man. In other words, whatever bad things he was told, he let those words
directed to him just bounce off of him. He bulletproof himself with word of God
for the bad days when the enemy would come against him through individual not
in line with God. I feel so good knowing Gods hold me up so much higher than
any man on this earth. Paul speaks for us to continue to be strong in God
striving for perfection just like Christ.
Yesterday, I
visited a friend who’s thyroid glad was removed because of cancer in his throat
area. He told me that while he was in intensive care room recovering from the
operation, he spoke the word of God to his nurse.
He quoted Philippians 4:19, “But
my God shall supply your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”
Tears ran down her eyes because here was a man laid wounded from surgery, but
yet he was quoting encouraging uplifting words to her.
Through his
misery of surgery he was very weak but became strong when he focuses God’s
word. When are weak, and ye are strong. God will make us bulletproof to our
pain to our misery to our weakest areas when we remember and lift up the word
God to over selves and those around us.
Isn’t God just
wonderful to have words that go far beyond what our frail vulnerable bodies
that can only tolerate so much, yet the word of God can lift our hearts and
minds to where eagles, Boeings and space shuttle fly no matter how much our
emotions shakes.
Be Ready!
