I have been called by many titles. Some of my titles have come by position \u2013 Pastor, Director, Consultant, Professor; some by achievement \u2013 teammate, colleague, author; some by relationship \u2013 son, grandson, nephew, cousin, brother, husband. Next Sunday, when much of the world acknowledges Father\u2019s Day, I will thrill to my greatest title \u2013 Dad. Fatherhood is a mixed bag, a roller coaster of adventure. The worst days are when you do or say something that embarrasses or disappoints your children. The best days are when your children are proud of you and show you. Most father\u2019s have experienced both kinds of days and are happy when the scale tips toward the latter, when they can say with the Apostle John, \u201cI have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth\u201d (3 John 1:4). I would give much of what I have to be able to wish a Happy Father\u2019s Day again to the one who helped me see how to \u201cwalk in truth,\u201d but my Dad is beyond the hearing my voice. My children, Danna Crawford Presbaugh and James Crawford, are grown beyond my influence, but I pray they continue to \u201cwalk in truth\u201d as they have done thus far. Former professional athlete, Wade Boggs, said, \u201cAnyone can be a Father, but it takes someone special to be a Dad.\u201d That was true of my Dad, and I\u2019m still trying to make it true of me. Call me by whatever title the circumstances allow, but I will stand tallest and proudest, when I am called, Dad. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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