Bill Clinton is of course not a perfect man. But, we can call him a successful man. His ascendency to the office of the president of the United States is a living proof. Nonetheless there is something else about him that deserves praise: he beats the odds. Doug Wead, in his book, “The Raising of a President,” provides the background.Bill Clinton is of course not a perfect man. But, we can call him a successful man. His ascendency to the office of the president of the United States is a living proof. Nonetheless there is something else about him that deserves praise: he beats the odds. Doug Wead, in his book, “The Raising of a President,” provides the background.Bill Clinton’s biological father, William Jefferson Blythe, was a salesman from Texas. He was a “serial husband” and married Bill’s mother, Virginia Cassidy 7 months before his divorce from his fourth wife. He died in a freak auto accident three months before Bill Clinton was born.
His mother later married Roger Clinton, a car salesman from Arkansas. Roger was an “alcoholic and wife beater.” In fact once he fired a gun at his wife while Bill Clinton was just a few feet away. Bill Clinton’s mother was married five times. She was a “habitual gambler” who worked by day and visited nightclubs by night.
Bill Clinton excelled in school, went to George Town, became a Rhodes Scholar in Oxford, and finally Yale Law School. At age 32 he became the governor of Arkansas—the youngest governor in the country—and at age 46 he became the 42nd president of the United States—the third youngest president in this nation’s history.
Having come from that tumultuous background, Bill Clinton could have chosen to become somebody in the opposite end of the spectrum. But, thank God, he didn’t. We are not perfect fathers, either; we, too, have personal failings. But, by God’s grace, we strive to be more like our heavenly Father each day. We have left the past behind, and move forward. Happy Father’s Day, Men!
Pastor PaulBill Clinton’s biological father, William Jefferson Blythe, was a salesman from Texas. He was a “serial husband” and married Bill’s mother, Virginia Cassidy 7 months before his divorce from his fourth wife. He died in a freak auto accident three months before Bill Clinton was born.
His mother later married Roger Clinton, a car salesman from Arkansas. Roger was an “alcoholic and wife beater.” In fact once he fired a gun at his wife while Bill Clinton was just a few feet away. Bill Clinton’s mother was married five times. She was a “habitual gambler” who worked by day and visited nightclubs by night.
Bill Clinton excelled in school, went to George Town, became a Rhodes Scholar in Oxford, and finally Yale Law School. At age 32 he became the governor of Arkansas—the youngest governor in the country—and at age 46 he became the 42nd president of the United States—the third youngest president in this nation’s history.
Having come from that tumultuous background, Bill Clinton could have chosen to become somebody in the opposite end of the spectrum. But, thank God, he didn’t. We are not perfect fathers, either; we, too, have personal failings. But, by God’s grace, we strive to be more like our heavenly Father each day. We have left the past behind, and move forward. Happy Father’s Day, Men!
Pastor Paul