JUST CALL UPON HIM

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*JUST CALL UPON HIM

**-- Author Unknown

 

 

**The boy walked along the ocean shore . . . trying not to stray. He looked

up to his father saying, " Dad, I want to play. "

 

His father looked upon him, with love showing in his eyes. " Do what you want

to, my son . . . but do not leave my side. "

 

" I would never leave you Daddy, I love you way too much. " But the boy took a

step away, out of his father's range of touch.

 

He walked through the surf, the waves tickling one toe. " If I take one more

step in . . . " he thought, " Father will never know. "

 

His father called out to him, " Son, to me remain true! " The boy thought with

glee . . . " At the moment I don't need you! "

 

His father felt a sadness, but he held his tongue. Sometimes lessons need to

be learned . . . even when so young.

 

The boy stepped out a little further . . . the water covering his waist. His

father spoke with urgency . . . his father spoke with haste.

 

" My son, come back to me, " he said, " The day is almost done! " " Not yet,

Dad, " the boy yelled, " I'm having too much fun! "

 

But the boy did not have his father's insight so he could not yet tell, The

tide was coming in fast . . . there would be no time to yell.

 

" Father! " he tried to scream, as the water covered his head. " I need you

now, Daddy! " was what the boy had said.

 

And in a single instant his father was by his side. " I thought you left me,

Daddy . . . I thought you went to hide. "

 

The father looked upon his son . . . a tear streaming down his cheek. The

boy looked upon his father . . . and cried the sobs of the meek.

 

" I would never leave you son . . . for I love you just the same. " " I was

only waiting . . . for you to call upon my name. " *

 

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