Words that i love, “A Father’s Prayer”…to fare myself against and to know how close i am to that… In one hand, to give me practical guideline facing life
Build me a son, O Lord,
=======> it takes much effort to build something
who will be strong enough to know when he is weak,
=======> only once or twice did i faced it and bore the shame
and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid;
=======> and tell myself to get out from the shelter (most the time i ask God to kick me out)…
one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat,
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and humble and gentle in victory.
========> amen
Lead him, I pray, not in the path of ease and comfort,
but under the stress and spur of difficulties and challenge.
========> how i cried out not this line for i hate stress and difficulties
Here let him learn to stand up in the storm;
========> how am i stand up for i’m weak?
here let him learn compassion for those who fail.
========> O Lord grant me compassion as such
Build me a son whose heart will be clear,
========> as clear as crystal which others could see
whose goal will be high,
========> enough of those fear & worry, but cling to the “dream”
a son who will master himself before he seeks to master other men,
========> how often i fail
one who will reach into the future,
========> grant me the patience
yet never forget the past.
========> amen
And, after all these things are his,
give him, I pray, enough of a sense of humor,
so that he may always be serious,
yet never take himself too seriously.
========> has not yet happened till today
Give him humility,
========> amen
so that he may always remember the simplicity of true greatness,
========> amen
the open mind of true strength.
========> on my knee i know it well
Then I, his father, will dare to whisper,
‘I have not lived in vain.’
========> thank you dad