MAX LUCADO , CP GUEST CONTRIBUTOR
February
26, 2016|7:15
am
Christian
author Max Lucado.
As
the father of three daughters, I reserved the right to interview their dates.
Seemed only fair to me. After all, my wife and I'd spent 16 or 17 years feeding
them, dressing them, funding braces, and driving them to volleyball tournaments
and piano recitals. A five-minute face-to-face with the guy was a fair
expectation. I was entrusting the love of my life to him. For the next few
hours, she would be dependent upon his ability to drive a car, avoid the bad
crowds, and stay sober. I wanted to know if he could do it. I wanted to know if
he was decent.
This
was my word: "decent." Did he behave in a decent manner? Would he treat my
daughter with kindness and respect? Could he be trusted to bring her home on
time? In his language, actions, and decisions, would he be a decent guy?
Decency
mattered to me as a dad.
Decency
matters to you. We take note of the person who pays their debts. We appreciate
the physician who takes time to listen. When the husband honors his wedding
vows, when the teacher makes time for the struggling student, when the employee
refuses to gossip about her co-worker, when the losing team congratulates the
winning team, we can characterize their behavior with the word decent.
We
appreciate decency. We applaud decency. We teach decency. We seek to develop
decency. Decency matters, right?
Then
why isn't decency doing better in the presidential race?
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