A Generational Blessing

I bless you to

Envision,

Enjoy,

And embrace

The generational blessings

That have snuck into your life,

Without you knowing it—

Passed down to you,

Like osmosis,

Like air you’ve breathed.

“The Lord, the Lord, … keeping

Steadfast love to a thousand generations” (Ex. 34:6-7).

Today is my father’s birthday.

He would have been 88.

He was a TV pioneer—

The weatherman, then newsman.

His made stories sing,

More like poetry than journalism.

He dug deep for truth,

He dared to stand against racism in the ‘50s,

And he told me bedtime spy stories.

So, I claim it!

I’m a Good News man,

Digging deep, taking a stand,

Telling the story.

No matter how much you missed,

Something good from your father

Came into your life for good!

May you take it, child of God,

Take it!