Who's Your Daddy?

 

I'm not sure who wrote this, but it is good; take time to read it, you will enjoy it.

 

Who's Your Daddy?

 

A Seminary professor was vacationing with his wife in Gatlinburg,

Tennessee. One morning, they were eating breakfast in 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, so you teach preachers how to preach, do you? Well, I've got a

really good story for you." And with that, the gentleman pulled up a

chair and sat down at the table with the couple. The professor groaned

and thought to himself, "Great .. Just what I need--another preacher story!

 

 

The man started, "See that mountain over there?" (pointing out a

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. Now everyone would finally know the answer to

the question, "Who's your daddy?"

 

 

The new preacher, though, sensed the situation around him and using

discernment that only the Holy Spirit could give, said the following to the

scared little boy.

 

 

"Wait a minute!" he said. "I know who you are. I see the family resemblance

now. You are a child of God." 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 would never 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 that man who just left that 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!"

 

 

Someone in your life today needs a reminder they are one of God's

children.

 

 

"The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the Word of God stands

forever."  ( Isaiah 40:8)

 

 

YOU'RE ONE OF GOD'S CHILDREN. HAVE A GREAT Day!