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Fathers
Kaira Leal
Even though I'll never, ever be one myself, I know that being a father is pretty tough. It's just like taking care of a pet, the responsibilities loaded on you like a small Mt. Everest. But despite its hardships, fatherhood still has its perks. Just a sidenote, though, the things that I'll write are not based on personal experience. Rather, they are mere observations of different people, especially my father.
When God told Abraham that he would be a "father of all nations", he wasn't kidding. And before long, Abraham found himself as the father of the Israeli nation. Talk about super-multiplication or over-population, but in return for this huge family tree, he had to do something in return (as always). Among the things he had to do was move out of his clan, venture out into the wilderness, have his nephew almost killed, and perhaps the most challenging of all, almost killing his own son as a sacrifice.
It's like our own fathers. They agree to have us (or create us for that matter, I hate genetics sometimes), and in return, they need to take care of us. Very, very well to boot. If they don't, their children would end up very, very bad. Or maybe it's just the child's fault.
And we children in return, need to love our fathers (and mothers) even more than they love us. Although it seems impossible, since a parent's love can never be measured nor repaid fully.
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