FedEx Father

Recently I have become a "FedEx Father!" 

Being a "FedEx Father" doesn't have anything to do with using FedEx exclusively to ship packages, in fact most of the time I ship things USPS because I'm "thrifty" aka "cheap."  Being a "FedEx Father" is all about the FedEx logo.  The FedEx logo has won over 40 design awards and was ranked as one of the eight best logos in the last 35 years in the 35th Anniversary American Icon issue of Rolling Stone magazine. 

My kids point out the logo on a FedEx truck every time they see one. They have done this without fail ever since I showed them a little secret about the logo you may, or may not know about. What’s the secret you ask? Take a look for yourself, don't cheat and scroll down to see the answer until you have looked!








Did you see the "secret" arrow between the E and the x pointing to the RIGHT!  After you see the arrow, it will be the first thing you see from now on when you look at a FedEx vehicle.  Since my eye goes directly to the arrow I decided to use my bodies muscle memory to help me become a better dad.  Song of Solomon 2:7 says that the bride does not want to "awaken love until the time is right" (NLT Holy Bible).

As parents we want to "direct (our) children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it" (Prov. 22:6 NLT Holy Bible)  We hope and pray that they will make the right decisions at the right time.  Choosing the right mate at the right time, choosing to have sex with the right person at the right time, choosing the right words at the right time, choosing the right friends at the right time, choosing the right EVERYTHING at the right time.

With so many chances for my kids to make the wrong choices at the wrong time, I felt the need to pray for them more often about making right choices.  So, now each time my eye gravitates to that arrow on the side of a FedEx truck I say a silent prayer for my kids that they will make the right choices at the right time.  Sometimes it is specific to something I know they are going through and a choice they have to make and sometimes it is just a generic prayer but it is always a good reminder how important it is for me to be a "Fedex Father" directing my children on the right path so when they are older they will not leave it.

Questions to Consider

 1.  What choices do your children have to make in the near future and what can you do to help them make the right decision at the right time?

 2.  Who are some other people you could include in your prayers to make right decisions at the right time?


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