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RELIGIOUS
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Wisdom from
the Word
Ben Berto
“Hear,
O
Israel:
The Lord our God, the L
ord is one![a] 5 You
shall
love the Lord your God
with all your heart, with all
your soul, and with all your
strength.6 “And these words
which I command you today
shall be in your heart. 7 You
shall teach them diligently
to your children, and shall
talk of them when you sit
in your house, when you
walk by the way, when you
lie down, and when you rise
up. Deuteronomy 6: 4-7,
NKJV
Not
having
been
blessed by natural chil-
dren, I must confess that I
am almost clueless of what
goes on with the rearing of
children from birth to adult-
hood. Oh yes, I have read
and have taken care of ba-
bies and children having
had brothers and a sister to
baby sit, wash, and feed to a
point. It was sometimes fun
to have them around and
sometimes it is not when
you have other things to do
or want to go somewhere
and you find them tail -gait-
ing you every where. I guess
that is how mothers feel
when they are the only ones
doing all the work and dad
is away at work or out fish-
ing. I’m glad, I had a part
in making my mom’s work
easier. We are only four
children in the family. How
much more if there are 12!
PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY May 16 - 31, 2017
Fathers Abraham, Job and David
This month is Fathers’
Month, so I am dedicating
this little song to them that
I heard years ago. This is
how I felt for my father and
I’m sure everyone feels the
same too.
“O MY PAPA, TO ME
YOU ARE SO WONDER-
FUL /O MY PAPA, TO ME
YOU ARE SO GOOD. /NO
ONE COULD BE SO GEN-
TLE AND SO LOVABLE/ O
MY PAPA, TO ME YOU ARE
SO GOOD.”
In this article, I am
going to talk about three
fathers and how they raised
their children
ABRAHAM
Abraham had several
children, Isaac from Sarah,
Ishmael from Hagar and
when Sarah died Abraham
married Keturah and they
had six children. Isaac was
the child promised to Abra-
ham by God, and inheritor
of his estate. The rest were
given gifts and sent far away.
Ishmael was also blessed by
God and had great posses-
sions, but in Isaac’s line was
given the promise of the
Redeemer. In Genesis 18:
19, We read that Abraham
really looked after the spiri-
tual well-being. Everywhere
he went, he always built
an altar to God and all his
household worshipped God.
That is why God said,  And
the Lord said, “Shall I hide
from Abraham what I am
JOB
Job was a godly man.
He was also a very rich
man possessing lards hers
of sheep, cattle, goats,
camels and large house-
hold. He had seven sons
and three daughters. But
Job was also being moni-
tored by Satan who wants
to hurt him badly because
Job was a follower of God.
The Bible says, “There was
a man in the land of Uz,
whose name was Job; and
that man was blameless
and upright, and one who
feared God and shunned
evil.” Job 1: 1. Just like
Abraham, Job also looked
after the spiritual like of
his family. Continuing with
the story, the Bible said
“And his sons would go
and feast in their houses,
each on his appointed day,
and would send and invite
their three sisters to eat and
drink with them. 5 So it was,
when the days of feasting
had run their course, that
Job would send and sanc-
tify them, and he would rise
early in the morning and of-
fer burnt offerings accord-
ing to the number of them
all. For Job said, “It may be
that my sons have sinned
and cursed[a] God in their
hearts.” Thus Job did regu-
larly.”
Job did not delegate
the spiritual responsibilities
to his wife alone. He took an
active part. No wonder Sa-
tan hated him, and wanted
to destroy the man. For the
whole story, read the whole
book of Job.
KING DAVID
David as was a man
after God’s own heart. He
composed psalms and
songs and put his trust is
God. He made terrible mis-
takes also that had caused
lots of problems for his fam-
ily. His affair with Bathsheba
the wife of Uriah, the Hittite,
one of his valiant soldiers
had far-reaching conse-
quencies. He engineered
Uriah’s death at the hands
of the Ammonites. David
repented of his sin, but he
had to pay a lot. David had
many children from differ-
ent wives and he was not in
control of their behaviors.
He did not correct them,
and did not punish his son
Amnon when he raped his
half sister, the sister of Ab-
salom. Psalm 51 is King
David’s confession.
For prayer, questions
and Bible study, call Ben at
604-581-1278, Junjun at
778-927-8040, and Stanley
at 604-700-3053. You are
invited to worship with us
every Sabbath (Saturday) at
the Abundant Life Commu-
nity Seventh-day Adventist
Church at 13062-104 Av-
enue, Surrey. Welcome.
Our new shepherd,
Pastor Leomar Macaraig
also takes care of the Van-
couver Filipino and Burnaby
FilCan SDA churches. His
phone number is; 604-928-
3579. Every Friday, we have
a Bible Study with the Pas-
tor. Everybody is welcome
to attend, whether you are
a Seventh-day Adventist or
not. The Word of God is for
everyone. Our address is
9495- 132 Street, Surrey.●
I know and I care
Moments
Fr, Jerry M. Orbos, SVD
The story is told about
a teacher who asked a lazy
student: “What’s the differ-
ence betw