The psalm for this week in my prayer book has been Psalm 84. And it tied in with our father's day in a roundabout way. Psalm 84:11 says this:
No good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.
Now here's how it ties in...
The Hebrew word for good thing is towb, which means "good, pleasant, agreeable; excellent; better (comparative); a good thing, benefit, welfare; prosperity, happiness." And towb is pronounced "tobe"--exactly what I call Toben for short.
I'm by no means saying that my walk is blameless, but my Tobe is definitely a towb given to me by God. He is good. He is pleasant. He is agreeable. He is an excellent husband and father. And for me and my girls, he is better than all the others. He has our welfare in mind, works hard to provide for our family, and brings us happiness.
Happy Father's Day, Tobe. I love you.
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