Years ago, a local attorney turned pastor turned nonprofit executive director (who now runs a very successful nonprofit here in Mississippi) distributed (monthly emailed commentary) a future son-in-law attribute wish list. And it was an extensive list that was framed as a transcripted essay written to his daughter. As such, it was heartfelt, demonstrating his sincerity in attempting to protect his offspring from choosing a future husband unwisely.
As you might imagine, the list was heavy on spiritual performance with the tone of westernized masculinity sprinkled throughout. All in all, there was no doubt that it was authored by someone reared smack dab in the buckle of the Bible Belt (who'd also successfully completed law school + seminary training).
In response to this, I wrote an email to this guy (he's about 10 years older than I am), and to my delight, he acknowledged with a reply. Unfortunately though, in spite of his committing to follow up at a later date (post calendared mission trip to the Caribbean), he chose not to.
My email to him simply posed the question: Would you bless the betrothal between your daughter and her fiance if you knew he struggled with homosexual desires?
And I asked this question because his future son-in-law attribute wish list didn't mention the basics. I mean like, none of the basics.
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Therefore, today I'd like to speak briefly about Rob's future son-in-law attribute wish list, but I'm only going to include one line item because I do believe it's of primo importance. From there, I'll leave the remainder of the attributes up to my daughters.
Firstly though, let me share some images that I recently harvested (photographed with my iPhone 7).
The Delta Business Journal, is a monthly regional Mississippi newspaper that's focus is business genres. Each month, this publication publishes a transcript of an interview with a local executive / business owner / farmer, etc. within. One of the stock questions asked of the interviewee is for his / her FAVORITE BOOK.
As you can see, these two photos are taken from that transcript page (page 11) within both the January and February '22 publications, and it's important to note that both of these interviewees were men.
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So here's the deal: Please Caroline, Anna, Laura Turner, do not consider a man to be your husband who might respond - to any degree - as these gents did regarding their FAVORITE BOOK. Instead, look for men who consider reading a privilege and embrace / relish it (or who at least have enough sense to lie / make something up relative to being posed with such a characteristically revealing question).
In closing, always remember that talk is cheap and the written word is rich and therefore life / world changing.
For goodness sakes, think of your dear old dad in this regard.
Thanks so much.
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