06/22/2026
Some DAILY BREAD with your morning coffee ☕️ - enjoy 😎
We’re Closed today- our Sabbath
Going to be another warm day and some small waves 🌊 for learning, longboards and skim. See you tomorrow at 8am
Hope all of you had a wonderful Father’s Day yesterday
Belated ‘Father’s Day’ message:
Yesterday was a day to honor our Fathers as we celebrated Father's Day. For many, we had a father who guided us, protected us, provided for us, and loved us. Unfortunately, there are many who grew up never knowing who their father was.
I am one of those. I actually do not remember the earliest part of my childhood and maybe that is a good thing because of what my aunt had told me a little about my life then, and the difficulties of my birth mother. My birth mother carried a lot of guilt and shame, and when she introduced herself to me at the age - I believe 18 years - she was scared and didn’t know what to expect. She asked me to forgive her. Of course, I certainly did. Like I said I didn’t remember that part of my life. She had to give me up for adoption which she said was the hardest thing to do because I was the only good thing in her life at that time. It was a dark time in her life. We were reconciled and everything is wonderful with us. Although I searched, I never found my birth father.
I was adopted at three or four. It was that man who chose me to be his son who became my father and raised me.
My story is a long one but that story is to be continued and for another day.
While earthly fathers play an important role in our lives, they also point us to an even greater reality—the perfect love of our Heavenly Father (God). He is our true Father.
God's love is patient when we fail, faithful when we wander, and constant when circumstances change. He is the Father who welcomes prodigals home, comforts the brokenhearted, and rejoices over His children with singing.
No matter what our experience with an earthly father may have been, God's heart toward us is full of love, mercy, and grace. He invites each of us into a relationship where we are known, accepted, and deeply loved.
“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!"— 1 John 3:1
*some of the above is taken from Word Alive Daily by Kent Mattox who my wife and I consider to be our spiritual father and pastor for over a decade.
Daily Bread:
Note: Surround yourself with likeminded people
Submit Yourself to God
You know when you step out—or are even just considering stepping out—in faith and there is that one person who speaks up to remind you of what you don’t have? Their voice is one of limitation, trying to mark the boundaries you must stay within. Often, this voice comes from someone who stays within limited boundaries themselves, and therefore, doesn’t fully step into a greater realm of authority in the area God has called them to.
In response to those people who are trying to keep us from moving forward, we can take a page from David’s book in 1 Samuel 17. As David inquired about the battle with Goliath and the reward that was being offered to whomever fought and won, his oldest brother was quick to set limitations, pointing David back to where he came from and accusing him of having narrow thoughts and selfish motives. David could have cowered or stepped back, thinking his brother was probably right. Instead, he turned away to someone else who would give the answer he was looking for and point him toward something greater than himself.
James 4 reiterates this practice by saying, “Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” By submitting to God, and only God, and by resisting the tactics of the enemy—to steal, kill, and destroy—the voices will flee. David doesn’t argue with his brother or try to defend himself. He remains submitted and humble, and as the Lord lifts him up, he is not torn down by the voices of the enemy.
Don’t settle for living under the approval or expectation of anyone other than God. They cannot lift you up; they can only bring you down.
First, name the negative voices in your life. It’s important to recognize who is quick to set limitations on you. Now consider who you might turn to when the negative voices speak up. Write down the names of those people who will point you to something greater than yourself and reach out to them when you hear the voice of limitation start piping up.
Scriptures
1 Samuel 17:28-30
When Eliab, David’s oldest brother, heard him speaking with the men, he burned with anger at him and asked, “Why have you come down here? And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know how conceited you are and how wicked your heart is; you came down only to watch the battle.” “Now what have I done?” said David. “Can’t I even speak?” He then turned away to someone else and brought up the same matter, and the men answered him as before.
James 4:7-8
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Galatians 1:10
Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
