Winning The Bread (And Clothes And Roof And . . .) With Integrity

posted by Guest Blogger on 06/15/12
Category: Relationships; ; 11 comments

From the LYWB Team: We have loved reading your tributes to your dads. Way to go! Here is one of our favorites.

Dear Daddy, 



Thank you for teaching me to fear and reverence God. You've used life as a lesson. (I still remember the time when you came home from work and shared how, little girl kissing daddyearlier that day, there was a crash by the side of the road. You were honest about how you should have stopped but didn't, and you let that be an exhortation to do right, even when it costs.)

Thank you for your example of hard, honest labor. I've learned that work needs to be done and, more importantly, done well. Also, I know that God rewards integrity, because He's blessed you for your truthful business.

Thank you for providing for our family, i.e., thank you for winning our bread (and clothes, and roof, etc.). I know you work hard to care for us. Thank you for protecting me and wanting what (and who) is best for me. I know that if a boy ever messes with me, he'll have to deal with you—and then meet Jesus (if ya know what I'm sayin'). It is so comforting to know that you won't let me be put in a dangerous situation.

Thank you for your faithfulness to your wife in this unfaithful world. How blessed we are to have a whole, Christian family. I know that it's more of a blessing than I can imagine.

Thank you for understanding what it's like to be the oldest. To avoid incriminating myself in the eyes of some people I won't go into detail, but thanks for sympathizing with the responsibilities.


Thank you for wanting to homeschool us! I love being homeschooled more than I can say. I'm glad that you responded to the nudge on your heart and prayed for Mom to feel it, too.

Thank you for helping me out with confusing technological stuff. :) I'm grateful for your steady presence, your quiet wisdom, and your know-how leadership.

You're great in so many ways, more than I can sum up into one letter. I'll end with a simple statement:

I love you! (And Happy Father's Day!)

Ashlee

Comments

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    RachelAllison
    Lovely! :)
    on Friday, June 15, 2012 at 8:32 am
    Thank you, Ashlee, for sharing about your dad. What an encouragement!
    I just had one question... are the pictures (the ones that have been on all three of these posts) actually of the daughters and their father? Or are they just stock photos. Just wondering.... this one's really cute! I love it. :)
    Kaylee
    Amazing Letter!
    on Friday, June 15, 2012 at 10:47 am
    Wow Ashlee, that is a very beautiful letter! I'm sure your dad is going to feel so honored and loved by this.
    As I was reading I realized how many things (in your letter) I wish I had thought of to put in my own. Things like the blessing of being homeschool and having parents that are comitted to their marriage.
    I'm sure your dad will treasure this letter!

    Have a great Father's Day!
    -Kaylee
    Hannah
    Great!
    on Friday, June 15, 2012 at 12:35 pm
    Great job, Ashlee! I really enjoyed reading this letter. I am very blessed to have parents that homeschool me as well. Loved this letter! Great job(:
    ~Hannah
    Christina
    Ashlee
    on Friday, June 15, 2012 at 9:25 pm
    Your dad sounds like a great dad! You are very blessed to have a good dad:)
    Ashlee
    RachelAllison
    on Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 12:24 pm
    Hey RachelAllison,

    Thank you; I'm glad that it encouraged you. :) This photo is not of my dad and I; I didn't check my email for awhile so I didn't send in a photo of us in time for the blog. (I think my dad would prefer it this way, anyway. :)
    Ashlee
    Kaylee
    on Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 12:28 pm
    Hi Kaylee,

    Thank you! Your letter was very sweet, too; like how you said you want to marry someone like your dad. Have an awesome Father's Day, as well!
    Ashlee
    Hannah & Christina
    on Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 12:30 pm
    Thank you both for your encouragement! I'm glad to meet a fellow happy homeschooler, Hannah. :) And I agree, Christina, I am blessed with my dad. God is good. :)
    Hannah
    @Ashlee
    on Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 12:34 pm
    Does your dad homeschool you then?
    Kaylee
    @RachelAllison
    on Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 5:50 pm
    You asked whether or not the pictures were really of the fathers and their daughters, and as I can't speak for the first one (and Ashlee has said that her's isn't), my picture is of me and my dad. I just didn't get it in right away and they used a stock photo until they got mine.

    God, bless!
    -Kaylee
    Mattea
    Re:
    on Monday, June 18, 2012 at 6:58 am
    Great Letter!
    Ashlee
    Hannah
    on Monday, June 18, 2012 at 5:01 pm
    My mom homeschools my sibings and I, but our dad is like the principal. :) He used to be my math teacher, too, but now he has his own A/C business.

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