Loving Father on his 90th
Birthday
with my brothers & sisters present
by Christopher Rudy
Loving
Father is actually a universal sentiment in global families.
Heaven knows that loving the principle and person of
'Father' cultures a maturity of heart equal to 'Loving
Mother' in principle and person.
Sometimes we remember our
experiences with 'The Father' as the norm for one's 'inner
sense' of 'Father'. When we remember bad experiences, we
lose innocence - the heart of inner sense. Honoring 'Good
Father' is remembering good experiences.
My Father died peacefully at home
almost two years ago. He taught me to honor the love of, by
and for 'Heavenly 'Father'. Dad was raised in the Church of
the Brethren, one of the three historic peace churches
alongside Mennonites and Quakers. The Brethren hold the New
Testament as their only creed.
The pure and precious
nature of my Father's spiritual upbringing came through his
love of life in sports - the game of life and how to play
it.
Dad taught me that it wasn't
whether you win or lose but how you play the game. Being a
good sport was being kind. You can be aggressive to win, but
also be gentle and kind, win or lose.
Born into the Great Depression, my
Father's Mother died when he was six, and his Father's words
of support were 'Be a good Sport'. That stuck with Dad. He
was an extraordinary athlete in numerous sports. And he
went on to develop and build five housing subdivisions with
hundreds of homes.
But that changed him. Along the
way he lost his 'inner sense'. The worldly world 'got him',
and he betrayed his own innocence, falling from grace big
time - losing the mini-empire of apartment complexes he had
built - Grace Manor North and Grace Manor South - named
after my Mother Grace.
That was a hard lesson for my five
brothers and sisters and myself. Some of us were more
forgiving then others. But I try to be a good sport and
remember... Love is for giving, not for getting.
Forgiving human father is part of
loving 'Divine Father'. That's how the inner sense of
innocence in honored. Guilt, shame and blame are off the
mark of loving kindness. Truely, we can't give what we don't
have.
We each
honor our Father's memory in our own way. For me it was
building community as my Father did, but instead of five
neighborhoods in my home town, it was building network
community, my
Heartcom Network
and
Cosmic LOVE
radio show broadcast to 62 countries for nine years.
It's a global village now.
As with the Brethren, it's
a 'New Testament' thing on the cusp of the millennial
Aquarian Age of Universal LOVE.
The principle of Divine Father as
'Lawgiver' thus embraces the principle of Divine Mother as
'LOVEmaker', on Earth as in Cosmos.
So unwind - be kind. Let
your light shine. Honor is what loving kindness does.
Blessings to All Fathers of LOVE
this Father's Day:)
~ Christopher
PS:
Father's Day 'Gift of LOVE' at
The Prime Directive
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