It's not easy being a parent. Someone has said, "You don't really know a person until you have observed his behavior with a child, a flat tire, when the boss is away, and when he thinks no one will ever know."

A home without problems of one kind or another is a fantasy. Someone has said that undoubtedly, the first man who ever tore a telephone book in two had a teenage daughter. (1) It's not easy. That's why we set aside one day a year to honor those men who live out in their families the love which they have received from Christ. We honor those men who make promises and keep them. Men who put their families first and who seek to set an example for those who believe in them and trust them.

OUR LESSON FOR TODAY IS ABOUT SUCH A MAN. He was a Roman centurion. We don't know whether he was a …