Who would I be if not for my Father?

It was in the young ages you were the strength, the sturdiness, the refuge, I never understood

How did you give such securities? Your heart was always more than enough

It was as a toddler that you held me and watched me fall and pick myself up with you hand and encouragement

How did I get such strong? Your understanding of the strongest part of ourselves the ability to admit our faults

It was when I grew taller that I learned to ask and help you mow the lawn, paint the side of the house, replace a bulb

How did I grow so smart to ask questions? Your acceptance of questions and the teachings that I never forgot

The day I grew taller than you was the day I felt so small in comparison to the wisdom that you provided

Why did God bless me with your experiences? He saw an ability in you to teach what has been lost

The day I became humble to the Lord I saw the rock of my moral beiliefs as those you had taught me throughout life

Why did you teach me the ways of respect, honor, trustworthiness, and humbleness? You had a desire and it became you

The day you admitted your first fault, weakness NO!! I became a student of the strongest Man the has known

Why did argue over agreements? Your lessons were never easy but through them I learned life's realities

The day I passed the limitations placed on me, you pushed me further, you coached me, you mentored me on

When did you become my source of knowledge? The moment you admitted what was known

The day I made my own life decision, whose voice of reason was I thinking of, it was yours

When did you have a say in my life? Before you even knew me, it was never a plan, but God is never so upfront

The day I graduated, I felt the worth of all that we had endured

When did I see you for the impact that you had on my life? Everyday I've been blessed to spend with you

The day I started my life of work, school, and socializing, what was my drive the business ethics you instilled in me

Where did the praise and compliments of all my hard work go? It was and has always been sent back to you

The day I realized the you were the person that I had become, it was clear that you had been built my foundations

Where did foundations allow me to go? Everywhere and more, with people that appreciated for your qualities

The day I made so many mistakes, I found out the depth of a fathers love for a son like me

Where did show my gratefulness? Everywhere you were not, I gave the things that you had blessed me with to others

The day we didn't see eye to eye, I knew that love would see us through

Who would I be if not for my Father? A boy who was fixed on a simple mindset

The day we became the independent from each other, I still ran to you when I feared the world

Who would I be if not for my Father? A guy that couldn't support his friends

The day we adopted the same old western moral foundations, I learned that the world does not live in such a manner

Who would I be if not for my Father? A man with idea of how he could be a gentleman

The days we found the Lord, were decades apart in different areas, and for different reasons

Who would I be if not for my Father? A human being lost in a cold world, without an understanding or ability to know our Lord's Love

Through all that I am, what I done, accomplished, and suprassed in others limitations, I can attributed my strength, my common sense, my knowledge, my friends, all things that have been through I have come through safely because of your voice of reason being instilled in me. I make mistakes and you have guided me back to the right, I have been weiry and you have offered me rest. You love is great, therefore it is easy to know the love of God is also real. I have been blessed with a Father named Robin D. Kernutt.