In a 2012 interview with The New Yorker, rock legend Bruce Springsteen said that his broken relationship with his father lives on in his songs. For example, in the song, "Adam Raised a Cain," the younger Springsteen sings about the father who "walks these empty rooms / looking for something to blame / You inherit the sins / You inherit the flames." The songs were a way of talking to his silent and distant father. Springsteen said,

 

My dad was very nonverbal-you couldn't really have a conversation with him. I had to make my peace with that, but I had to have a conversation with him, because       I needed to have one. It ain't the best way to go about it, but that was the only way    I could, so I did, and eventually he did respond. He might not have liked the songs, but I think he liked that they existed. It meant that he mattered.

 

Communication is vital....especially with our children. If you are a parent, and you have living children, it's never too late to open lines of communication with them...never!

 

We parents aren't perfect, but our children wait to hear words of affirmation, love, and respect from us. TODAY is the day to tell them that we love them, to say that life without them wouldn't be the same, to communicate that our hearts have been indelibly marked because they are in the world.

 

"Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer." Psalm 19:14

 

Have a great day and God bless!

 

 

Pastor Mike / The Open Word