Who is Your Daddy?

marylu

A number of years ago a seminary professor was vacationing with his wife in Gatlinburg, Tennessee where they were eating breakfast at a little restaurant, hoping to enjoy a quiet family meal. While they were waiting for their food, they noticed a distinguished looking, white-haired man moving from table to table visiting with the guests. The professor leaned over and whispered to his wife: "I hope he doesn't come over here." But sure enough, the man did come over to their table. "Where are you folks from?" he asked in a friendly voice. "Oklahoma," they answered. "Great to have you here in Tennessee," the stranger said. "What do you do for a living?" "I teach at a seminary," he replied. "Oh, you teach preachers how to preach? Well, I've got a really great story for you." And with that, the gentleman pulled up a chair and sat down at the table with the couple. "See that mountain over there?" (pointing out the restaurant window). Not far from the base of that mountain, there was a boy born to an unwed mother. He had a hard time growing up, because every place he went, he was always asked the same question: 'Hey boy, Who's your daddy?' Whether he was at school, in the grocery store or drug store, people would ask the same question, "Who's your daddy?" He would hide at recess and lunchtime from other students. He would avoid going in to stores because that question hurt him so bad. When he was about 12 years old, a new preacher came to his church. He would always go in late and slip out early to avoid hearing the question, "Who's your daddy?" But one day, the new preacher said the benediction so fast he got caught and had to walk out with the crowd. Just about the time he got to the back door, the new preacher not knowing anything about him, put his hand on his shoulder and asked him, "Son, who's your daddy?" The whole church got deathly quiet. He could feel every eye in the church looking at him. By now, everyone knew the answer to the question, 'Who's your daddy?' This new preacher, though, sensed the situation around him and using discernment that only the Holy Spirit could give, said the following to that scared little boy... 'Wait a minute!' he said, 'I know who you are. I see the family resemblance now. [B] You are a child of God. [/B]' With that he patted the boy on his shoulder and said: 'Boy, you've got a great inheritance. Go and claim it.' With that, the boy smiled for the first time in a long time and walked out the door a changed person. He was never the same again. Whenever anybody asked him, 'Who's your Daddy?' he'd just tell them, 'I'm a Child of God.' The distinguished gentleman got up from the table and said, "Isn't that a great story?" The professor responded that it really was a great story! As the man turned to leave, he said, "You know, if that new preacher hadn't told me that I was one of God's children, I probably never would have amounted to anything!" And he walked away. The seminary professor and his wife were stunned. He called the waitress over and asked her, "Do you know who that man was who just left who was sitting at our table?" The waitress grinned and said, "Of course. Everybody here knows him. That's Ben Hooper. He's the former governor of Tennessee!" Author Unknown

德芙

The Daddy said: I have no other,for I love you only I'll never forsake you,or leave you alone. Here in your arms,I always be,and rest the precious love,you have for me I love you, oh how I love you! Son,come walk with me Son,come here,my pressure,I know you are hearding and though you have left,I welcome you home it's part of a song which moved me very much.We are son of God!

marylu

天父的孩子 李潘燕 克瑞达弗芮博士(Dr. Fred Craddock)是我们这个时代最伟大的传道人之一，他提到一个故事，是在一个夏天，他和妻子一起到田纳西州的盖林堡去渡假时发生的。(Gatlinburg, TN) 一天晚上，他们找到一间安静的小餐馆，两人准备享受一顿不受干扰的恬静晚餐。 当他们正等待食物送来时，注意到一个颇有要人模样的白发绅士，走到每一个桌前和客人热络地打招呼。 弗芮低声向他妻子耳语：「我可不希望他来干扰我们这一桌。」但那位绅士还是走过来了，他很友善地问：「你们是从那里来的？」 「奥克拉荷马」克瑞达先生回答。 「啊，虽然我从未去过，但我听说那是个很壮丽的州呢。」「那请问你们在那里得意呢？」 「我在菲利普大学的神学研究院教授讲道学。」克瑞达回答。 「哦，你教牧师们怎样讲道是吗？好，我讲一个故事给你听。」于是这位绅士拉出一张椅子，迳自坐在克瑞达夫妇的对面。 克瑞达博士心里嘀咕著想：「哦，糟糕，又有另外一个有关牧师的故事了。」 老绅士伸出他的手自我介绍说，「我是班胡珀(Ben Hooper)，我出生在离这里不远，山的那一头。我母亲未婚就生下我，所以我从小就过得很痛苦。当我上学后，同学给我取了一个外号，当然是不好听的外号。因为同学们的嘲弄，对我伤害太深了，因此不管是下课或午餐时间，我都独自躲在一旁，形单影只。最受不了的是，星期六下午到城里去时，似乎每一双眼睛都投射过来，像在询问我的父亲到底是谁，让我恨不得钻进地洞里去。」 当我十二岁时，我们教会来了一位新牧师。礼拜天我通常都会迟些到教堂去，又早早溜之大吉(以免和其他会友打照面)。但有一个礼拜天，牧师会后祝祷得太快，我来不及溜走，只好跟著人群一起走出教堂，我觉得好像教堂的每一双眼睛都看著我。 当我正走到门口时，感觉一双大手按在我肩膀上，我抬头看是谁，原来是新牧师，他正看著我：「你是谁？孩子，你是哪一家的孩子？」他问我。 我顿时觉得晴天霹雳，心里一紧：「连牧师也瞧不起我。」但当他仔细看看我之后，他开始恍然大悟，笑著说「啊，我知道你是谁，现在我看出你所属的大家庭了，你是天父的孩子。」 他又重重地拍拍我说：「孩子，你得到的是一笔很大的产权，赶快去支取吧！」 老绅士对桌子对面的克瑞达说：「那些话对我一生的影响非常重大，我一直铭记在心。」然后他笑著与克瑞达夫妇握手，又跑到其他几桌去和老朋友打招呼了。 当他离去后，身为田纳西州土生土长的人，克瑞达想起了他曾经研读过的田纳西州历史。其中有两位「非婚生之子」被选为州长，其中之一就是班胡珀先生。