All of us have fathers who care for us. Some fathers express more love towards their children then others, but the story of Rick and his dad, makes us see God's love towards us.
Rick was born in 1962, but because of an unsuccessful birth, he was paralyzed of all four limbs. Do to lack of oxygen, Rick was diagnosed as a spastic quadriplegic with cerebral palsy. But what makes this story different is the extra mile that Ricks dad took to make his son's life better.
"In the spring of 1977, Rick told his father that he wanted to participate in a 5-mile benefit run for a Lacrosse player who had been paralyzed in an accident. Far from being a long-distance runner, [his dad] agreed to push Rick in his wheelchair and they finished all 5 miles, coming in next to last. That night, Rick told his father, 'Dad, when I'm running, it feels like I'm not handicapped.'
This realization was just the beginning of what would become over 1,000 races completed, including marathons, duathlons and triathlons (6 of them being Ironman competitions). Also adding to their list of achievements, Dick and Rick biked and ran across the U.S. in 1992, completing a full 3,735 miles in 45 days."
When they asked Rick: if you could of given your father one thing, what would it be? Rick responded, "the thing I'd most like is for my dad to sit in the chair and I would push him for once."
This is an amazing story of Rick, but it also reflect the relationship that we have with our heavenly father. Do to paralyzed life in sin, God sends his Son to the cross, knowing that we (humans) can never pay back what was done for us.
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. (Ephesians 1:3-4).
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