Today’s Thought “Sitting On the Porch Waiting for My Daddy” G. Ward

John 10:24-25 The Jews then gathered around Him, and were saying to Him, “How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.” ²⁵ Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe; the works that I do in My Father’s name, these testify of Me.”

I watched a documentary on last night that shared the rise of the great comedian Rickey Smiley. His respectability towards traditional values is astounding and celebratory. This segment was power-packed with points to consider, but there was one that was particularly defining for me. Mr. Smiley’s second son, birthed through illegitimacy, happened with a girlfriend whereby both were soon thereafter estranged from one another. She too had a daughter from a previous relationship whereas that father abandoned his responsibility. Mr. Smiley insisted with passionate conviction, that a failed relationship with a woman won’t ever have a real man retrieving his biological son (upon scheduled visitation) without considering their sibling who’s without similar hope. Adopting this other child for him was unequivocal.

Our adoption in the spiritual realm, celebrates Jesus our Lord; for HIS rescuing us wholly/holy from what could have been a most disastrous journey in depletion (*cf. Jn.10:10b). More imperative to consider is our illegitimacy beforehand, whether we enjoyed a biological father or not.