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DID YOU HEAR DAD’S WHISPER?
There’s something about dad that may marvel you. He is always there just around the corner. He is fond of doing something, he is always whispering. This was an observation of Jean Paul Richter who commented thus of this phenomenon, “the words a dad speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world but as in whisper galleries they are clearly heard at the end by posterity. As you grow, you will have observed that dad’s voice is always resounding in your heart. Dad always seems to pass his silent messages through whispers whenever you are not around him. He may not be around you but his words are. He is often whispering something.
Remember once you were trying to do something challenging and difficult and it seemed you could not get it done. Dad’s was right there whispering go on son, go on daughter, never give up. Dad did not have to be around. His constant urging during times of his presence was been translated into whispers during his absence. You always tend to remember that dad had once said something about a situation similar to your now. Your dad had passed on to you indelible footprints upon which you were expected to heed. Whether in his presence or absence, his subtle words of wisdom was enough to carry you though.
President Obama, America’s first black president recalls how that his father’s dreaming had spoken right to him. He did not have his dad for so long in his life but his dad’s desire for achievement and living a better life in America had been the whispering Obama could need to achieve his feet.
Dad may be far away from you but his words are not. His words are right there in the table of your heart. You may not realize this until you find yourself in a position where his words would come hardy. Wiseman Solomon acknowledged the words of wisdom of his father’s counsel, that he did all that his dad asked him to do even when his dad was dead. Your dad knows his words live on even after you have left his house to pursue your own future endeavor. All he expects from you is for you to listen silently to that urging. Do you know your dad is always listening to his dad’s whispers? Yes! There is certain information your granddad passed on to dad that he expects dad must keep. Dad did not throw them aside. Not at all. Dad listened and still listens. Your grand dad is continuously speaking to dad telling him the dream still lives. It is hard to do without the right counsel that dad’s words give. As motivator encourager, disciplinarian and father, dad’s words are meant to keep you on track every time and all the time. Dad knows you will not forget them. He is watching you grow and those words will continually spur you up.
There was a case of a child and father. The child was leaving for school. Dad looked at his son and then said. “Remember the son of whom you are”. Everything and everywhere that child went in and out of school, he reminded himself of his father’s statements. Dad’s words are lasting impressions that must be followed systematically. Dad is saying, “I know how you can get up there the way you do not know”.
Abraham Lincoln America’s renowned former president show what a true dad he was to his son. In his letter, he wrote to his son’s teacher. Here is an extent.
What a great dad Abraham Lincoln was. Had it been his son had survived certainly he would have been an outstanding young man.
Dad’s whispers are like yearnings and desires. Just like Abraham Lincoln, words for his son, dad’s words are the mold needed for thrust to make you that solid block. Dad knows you will have to face everything you are facing now. He had faced them himself and his words for you are timely to take you there to the top.
Do not forsake the words of your dad. Do not let them go by the side. Every time and anytime they come, acknowledge they are the right words to push you through the success that God wants you to be through them. They are the time-tested virtues dad would have you to share when you have kids too. Dad is smiling at you. Even when you are not around him, he is looking at your picture and speaking greatness into you. He knows the best you can be. He feels the best you can be and expects you will act that best out. Dad’s words are like flames burning your failures and shine its light toward your success. You must succeed, you must be great and yes, you will be GREAT.