Good evening pals I got this somewhere and I really hope it will bless fathers and intending daddies “As a law enforcement officer, I have seen firsthand deep hurt devastation that fatherlessness brings in a child’s life. Our prisons are full of men and women who lived recklessly after being abandoned by their fathers. Wounded by the men who should have loved them the most. Many follow the same pattern of irresponsibility that their fathers did. While so many mothers have sacrificed to help their children survive, they were never intended to carry the weight alone. We thank God for them. But research is proving that a child also desperately needs a daddy. There is no way around this fact. As we all know earlier this year, my family endured the tragic loss of our daughter, Emily. Her death forced me to realize that not only had I not taken advantage of the priceless time I had with her, but I did not truly understand how crucial my role was as father to her and our son Dylan. Since her passing, I’ve asked God to show me through His word, how to be the father I need to be. I now believe that God desires for every father to courageously step up and do whatever it takes to be involved in the lives of his children. But more than just being there or providing for them, he’s to walk with them through their lives and be a visual representation of the character of God. Their father in heaven. A father should love his children and seek to win their hearts. He should protect them, discipline them and teach them about God. He should model how to walk with integrity and treat others with respect; he should call out his children to become responsible men and women, who live their lives for what matters in eternity. Some men will hear this and mock it, or ignore it . But I tell you that as a father, you’re accountable to God for the position of influence he has given you. You can’t fall asleep at the wheel, only to wake up one day and realize that your job or your hobbies have no eternal value, but the souls of your children do. Some men will hear this and agree with it but have no resolve to live it out. Instead they will live for themselves and waste the opportunity to leave a godly legacy for the next generation. But there are some men who regardless of the mistakes we’ve made in the past. Regardless of what our father did not do for us , will give the strength of our arms and the rest of our days to loving God , with all that we have and to teach our children to do the same . And whenever possible to love and mentor others who have no father in their lives, but who desperately need help and direction. We are inviting any man whose heart is willing courageous to join us in this resolution. In my home the decision has already been made. You don’t have to ask who will guide my family because by the grace of God I will. You don’t have to ask who will teach my son to follow Christ because I will .Who will accept the responsibility of providing and protecting my family, I will. Who will ask God to break the chain of destructive patterns in my history? I will. Who will pray for and bless my children to boldly pursue whatever God calls them to do, I am their father I will. I accept this responsibility and it’s my privilege to embrace it. I want the favour of God and His blessing on my home. Any good man does; so where are you men of courage? Where are you fathers who fear the Lord? . It’s time to rise up and answer the call that God has given to you and to say I will ! Iwill !! I will !!!. (Culled from the movie COURAGEOUS)
Posted on: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 21:28:15 +0000
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