Father's day is a day to celebrate, right? I think it's very easy to celebrate for those of us who have our fathers with us. I've been seeing post after post on Facebook about Father's Day. How everyone is so thankful for their fathers and how great life is. Not to take away from that, I think we should celebrate. But what about those of us out there who don't have a dad, what about the ones who either lost their dad or he's never around to be a real dad? What about those people? I'm thinking of my friends... I have a few who don't have dads, the ones who live with a single mom or with grandparents. How are they supposed to celebrate Father's Day? It's a puzzle I don't know that I have all the pieces to. The only place I know to turn to for answers is the Bible. So this is to all of you who don't have a father to celebrate Father's Day with. Just know you do have a father in heaven who's always there, who will never forsake you and who will never ever leave you. He is a father, (the father) to the fatherless and we are called to be his children.
1 John 3:1-3
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.
Psalm 68:5
Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation
(Just a side note... go back and read the whole chapter of Psalm 68 to get a little perspective.)
That was nice Cayla!!
ReplyDeleteVery nicely put. It surely is tough for some people. It can also be equally difficult for fathers who can't be with their children, whether because of loss or because of broken relationships. But our Heavenly Father is a comfort for those as well.
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