Proverbs 19.13 says, a foolish son is the calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. The first half of this proverb hits home for me and a lot of other men who weren't good sons while underaged and living at home especially. I've told some stories through the years, but I've been very selective and really quite reserved when talking about my life before being saved. I don't want to sound like I'm glorifying my sinful past or trying to get attention as one of those, look how bad I was, exhibitionists that we've seen so many times through the years. But I also want to be as transparent as possible so that other sinners can know that God saves the worst of sinners and did so whenever he saved me from my sin. No matter how sinful your sin may seem to be, The blood of Jesus is more than sufficient to wash that sin away and save you from hell. So if you see yourself in this text when it says a foolish son is the calamity of his father, you're not alone. My father died in March of this year that this devotional is being recorded, the year 2024. He was 80 years old. I all but ruined several years of his life 30 some years ago. And he would admit that he wasn't perfect. He made mistakes as a father, but my actions were way beyond anything that any decent son would do to his father. And yet when I got saved and made things right with my heavenly father, I then approached my earthly father and found forgiveness from him as well. Of course, he was a born again Christian. So this is a warning to men, young and old, not to be foolish and bring calamity onto your father's head. But we also want to remind sons that there is forgiveness with repentance and confession of sin made to your Heavenly Father by faith in the shed blood of Jesus Christ. 1 John 1.9 says if we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. But this is also a reminder to fathers of sons who have demonstrated such foolishness, never forget that you were once a sinner too. If you're a Christian father, then your response to repentance and confession by a wayward son should be in line with that of your heavenly father. And if your son gets saved and comes to you with a broken and contrite spirit of repentance, then we're commanded of Christ in Luke 17 3, take heed to yourselves. If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him. And if he repent, forgive him. And of course, this is really true across the board, especially, as I said, for Christians. It's true for mothers and sons, fathers and daughters, mothers and daughters, and really anyone who may have brought calamity upon you or anyone else claiming to be a Christian. We're reminded again in the next verse, Luke 17, four, And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day, turn again to thee saying, I repent. Thou shalt forgive him. Now, true repentance means that you're not forgiving them for the same exact sin over and over and over seven times a day. But no matter how many sins, we should respond to repentance with forgiveness. And we're reminded of that over and over in scripture. Who are we not to forgive? That's basically what my dad said when I made things right with our heavenly father and then made things right with him. He said, I'm a sinner. Who am I to say that I wouldn't forgive my son? And Ephesians 4.32 reminds us, And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. God is so gracious. Let us be gracious after His example in His name and for His glory. And we say, Amen.