A Father’s Amazing Love
A son asked his father, “Dad, will you take part in a marathon with me?” The father who despite having a heart condition, said, “Yes”.
They went on to complete the marathon together. Father and son went on to join other marathons, the father always saying, “Yes” to his son’s request of going through the race together.
One day, the son asked his father, ‘Dad, let us join the Ironman together; to which his father said, “Yes”, too.
For those who don’t know, Ironman is the toughest triathlon ever. The race consists of three endurance events of a 2.4 miles (3.86 kilometers) ocean swim followed by a 112 miles (180.2 kilometers) bike ride and ending with a 26.2 miles (42.195 kilometers) marathon along the coast of the Big Island.
Father and son went on to complete the race together.
Based on the TV interview of Dick and Rick Hoyt, Dick, the father explained that Rick while still in his mother’s womb, the umbilical chord was wrapped around his neck cutting off oxygen to the brain.
And when Rick was born, the doctor who was looking after Rick told Dick and his wife that Rick would never be able to walk nor talk all his life that it would be best that they put him away. But the Hoyts would not be willing to do such a thing and decided to bring him home instead and decided likewise to treat him just like anyone normal kid. So that when the family went for a swim, Rick went with them and so on and so forth.
It was one day while wathing TV (if my memory serves me right) that Rick saw a benefit marathon for a paralityc child and he wanted to be a part of the benefit marathon. And that started both father and son with their races even while Dick had a heart condition and Rick himself was not well all the time. In fact there were two years where they were not able to join the races because Dick had a heart attack and the other year was that (if I remember it correctly now, Rick was the one who had a problem.
And also based on an article that I read about them, both had so far completed 212 triathlons, 4 15-hour Inronmans. And that it was two years back from today, when Dick had his heart attack, and his doctor said, had it not been his good physical condition on account of the races, he would have died 15 years ago.
Both then via the races have served one another in a loving and wonderful way.
Dick humbly said in the interview when he was called a hero by the interviewer, “I just simply love my family”.
And indeed, he loved them even as he loved Rick that much that he committed himself to do the tough physical demands of the races and the triathlons, the Ironman that his son may have the chance to enjoy the races and be a part of life. And in a return show of love and appreciation, Rick says this of his father, “Dad is my hero.”
And to end my inputs on the father and son, I’d like to end what Rick says that he likes most…(Rick types using a special machine), he says, “The thing I most like is my dad sit in the chair and I push him once.”
How touching!
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My personal take from the video is that it enriched me greatly in terms of better understanding and appreciation of the love of God for me and you – a love so great and infinitely amazing and unmatched compared to the great and amazing love of the father in the video for his son.
If we could only plainly and in human terms ask God, the Lord Jesus Christ how much He loves us – He who came in the flesh to be mocked, spat upon, punched in the face, bruised with spiked whip, stripped naked to be utterly humiliated by His beloved creation – man, and then subjected to the most excruciating death of all- death by cruzifixtion of the cross in order that by taking His death and blood as the payment for our sins, we may escape the second death which is hell, the lake that burns with fire and brimstone (fire never quenched and all the senses intact and the body is never consumed unto eternity)and that we might live unto eternity with Him in heaven……. perhaps He would answer us in this way ….this much, He would say, “First He would look at us directly in the eye as He would spread HIs hands to the sides horizontal to the ground and as we see His nail- pierced hands, He bows his head (meaning, dead on the cross by cruzifixtion). And maybe, all of us would kneel before His feet, with a return show of love and appreciation for what He has done, in chorus we would say, “Oh Lord and my God!”
Praise God for His amazing love for all of us. May all who have the chance to view the video even all of mankind who would not be able to see the video, may in some way find themselves thru other means, find a better understanding of the depth, height, width and length of the beauty and wonder of God’s love for all of us, the righteous and unrighteous even the fullest appreciation of such amazing love and appropriation of it.
All glory to God in the highest!
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Iron Man 2 is so great and actors are awesome too i just finished watching Iron Man 2 at WatchIM2(.)tk
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@radish007radish007 Indeed! Hence, it is a source of encouragement even inspiration for some others especially fathers. GBWU
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u just cant beet love like that is was so amazing to watch
@duckface1991 I …
@duckface1991 I feel blessed to note those wonderful words from you. I feel blessed that you felt blessed to be here. You are always welcome. God Be With You. thank you for dropping by.
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I love this video! =) It gives me hope and feel blessed to be here! =D
Well said! Well …
Well said! Well said! Well Said. Praise the Lord indeed! Thank you for dropping by. GBWU
If a mortal father …
If a mortal father can give this much, our heavenly father will give much more love to us. Praise the Lord!
very, very true… …
very, very true… thank you for taking the time to leave a message of appreciation. GBWU
nice video…..
nice video…..
There are many of …
There are many of us who got emotionally affected too! And who knows, such release of emotion help us greatly that without our knowing it, the inner core of our emotions and psychological make-up got cleansed from long pent-up and bottled emotions that could not just get out of our system but through the video such pent-up/bottled emotions rode piggy back our lump in our throats, sobs and tears as we watched the video; a beautiful release and a way to cry then. GBWU
it is a very …
it is a very touching video. upon watching at it i cant help my tears from falling, they just..
It was 4 people …
It was 4 people like u & me that d song & an inspiring true-to-life story such as d life story of Dick & Rick was video taped & posted here at Youtube that we may be built up encouraged. & praise God that d song, video & d true-to-life story delivered d “goods” so 2 speak where you, me & many others were given a “shot-in-the-arm” d first time we came across such, song, video & true-to-life story even each time we r exposed2 such sources of encouragement taken as a whole. TY 4 dropping by. GBWU
absolutely …
absolutely inspiring! If i ever feel like i’m too tired to go for a run i’m gunna think back to this video.
Awesome!!!
It appears to me …
It appears to me that likewise, you have a heart of flesh; the one that in humility stands ready to submit to the sovereignty of the Lord, Almighty thus approved of God. To you I say then, “God bless (favors) you”.
Thanks =) I love …
Thanks =) I love watching videos like this because it is so humbly and convicts me of my own blessings and calls me into action to become a better person and serve him wholeheartedly. I recommend watching Nick Vujicic, life without limbs, and he is again another truly inspiring man with a heart after God.
And you got it …
And you got it right where many others failed; that on our own, we in our fallen nature of self-love cannot love the Agape way (unconditional love/other person-oriented sacrificial love) that we need the empowerment of the Spirit of God to draw from the only source of all Agape love (1 John 4:8) His kind of love to work through us to impact the lives of others. Thank you for dropping by. GBWU
I couldn’t agree …
I couldn’t agree with you more thus I say, “Amen” and “Amen” and “Amen”. Praise the Lord for giving you such knowledge and discernment of what is of God!
This is perhaps the …
This is perhaps the most inspiring video I’ve ever watch in my love. You think you know how to love someone, and then you watch this video and you go “Wow I suck at loving”. And I do suck at loving anyone compared to this man. He is an inspiration to me and a testimony of how much our Father God in Heaven loves us.
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Religions are …
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if you always …
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yeah! amen
yeah! amen
I like your Christ, …
I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.
Mohandas Gandhi
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what’s the name of the songs/ all of them??