She Knows Her Pop

I'm not talking here (in the title) about soda (pop). I'm talking about a Dad "Pop." But before I get into that, go back to the soda idea. What do you in Kansas call "soda?" In some places they simply call it "pop." In other places they call it "soda." And still in other places they call it "soda pop." How do you refer to it?

Now back to the "Dad Pop." I think most of my kids know me pretty well. I fool them once in awhile I think, but most of the time they know what my response is to different situations.

Take watching baseball games for instance. This Fathers' Day card is an indication that my kids know me well when I'm watching a Cubs game. I guess they know that I yell at the umps, managers, and players from both sides at times. I still do that once in awhile but not as often as I used to. And that's only when I'm watching on TV and not when actually at a game. I don't go to many games anymore - can't. Although I did go to one in Phoenix this spring - had to leave early though. But watching Cubs games on TV is one of my "hobbies" - one that will probably be over after this baseball season is over. My interest just isn't there as strong this year, and that's probably good. That's one point where my kids probably don't know me as well as they think they do. They think I'll continue to buy MLB extra innings every year as I have for quite some time now. I don't think that will happen next year, but I guess we'll see how well I know myself then.

We don't live close to any of our children anymore - never did except for a short time once. The closest one is about 7 hours away, the others a couple of days of driving time, if one was to go that way, which we can't anymore. It would really be nice to be closer to all of them, but when they live a couple of thousand miles from one another, how would one do that?

How well do you know your father, or children? How well do they know you? Hopefully each of these questions could be answered "very well." Perhaps a better question is, how well do you know your heavenly Father? We know that He knows us inside and out, all the time. Learning to know our heavenly Father can be done only by spending time with Him, communicating with Him, reading His Word to us and doing what He says. How well are you doing these things? How well am I?

Pilgrim on the way