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Reflections of Life
Becoming A Father
Women say that men don't know the pain through which a woman go; maybe this is true, and yet I know it's the day he'll never forget; when each one came he suffered, too, and prayed it would soon be through; he paced the floor, and dabbed his eyes, waiting for the very first cry. She’s doing fine, the doctor said, as she glanced at him from eyes of red. She’s doing just fine, he said again. Thank you, he said with a phony grin. When it came, oh what a joy, the Lord gave us a baby boy. When it was over you looked a wreck, clothes wrinkled, shirt collar limp at your neck. Your head is throbbing, and your features drawn. It’s no wonder with the suffering you had borne. You feel like you’ve walked a hundred miles, until she gives you that loving smile. She looked at him and softly said, “If I were you, I’d go get in bed.” Hers was the bitterest part, I know. She travailed through the valley of woe. Now when women folk recall the pain and anguish of it all, I tell them in a manner so sad, it ain’t no cinch becoming a dad. Looking back at the pain you went through, he’s just an addition to a growing crew. So when you think woman has it so hard, think on the man who plays his part. Happy Father’s Day to all the men, unless you become a woman, you’ll never win.
Woman
Do you know you are a costly thing? Made by the Hand above? A woman’s heart, and a woman’s life, and a woman’s wonderful love. Your heart is as an ocean deep, as it is wide. A loving woman finds heaven or hell on the day she is made a bride. Man requires a cook for his bread and beef, but a woman requires a far greater thing. A seamstress man wants for his socks and shirts, while woman makes man her king. She is fair, yet the rosebud may fade from her soft young cheeks one day. Will you love her amid the falling leaves, as you did many the blooms of May? If she cannot be this, a laundress and a cook, you can hire a maid, and pay; but a woman’s heart and a woman’s life are not to be worn that way. A queen for the beautiful realm called home, established by our Maker, God. He looked upon woman as He did on man, and said: It is very good. For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. (I Corinthians 11:7)
