A Note

The power of a note cannot be matched. When I am having a down moment, sometimes I reach into a file in my office where I keep all of my positive notes. I was thumbing through it just a moment ago when I ran across something my father wrote me when I was nine years old. It was on the inside cover of my first Bible, which has fallen apart. I still have the bible but I keep the cover in the file. The note goes like this...

Son,
In this book you find the instructions leading to true joy in life. All the questions you will ever ask as a boy, a man, husband, and someday a father, are found and answered in these pages. Try to master this Book, and it will master you.
Love,
Dad

It is very simple but so true. Master this Book...and it will master you. Those words haunt me as I have completed all the stages leading to fatherhood. More and more, I find myself learning that there is much more to learn. There is a deep desire for that Book that began with a note.
I want to ask you...have you pushed anyone today...this week...this year? Are you leading anyone? There is no doubt I am the man I am today because of my Father. He made a choice...to invest. I want to encourage you to invest in someone today!
Maybe the words he meant to push me.... just might push you too!