“Show me Your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths, guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.” Psalms 25:4-5 NIV
Father’s day has not always been a great day for me. My earthly father was not the best father, and I didn’t have contact with him on any kind of regular basis from the age of 12 on. So Father’s Day was not celebrated in our home the traditional way. Thankfully, God placed 3 men in my life as a child that were able and willing to fill that role on earth for me and be the father figures that I wanted to have. Happy Father’s Day Uncle Roger and I want to wish my Uncle Ben and Uncle Bill a Happy heavenly Father’s Day.
When my husband and I became parents to our son, I taught our son how celebrate his father as I was unable to do with my own father. My husband has done for our son all the things that my father never did for either me or my brother. He has provided safety for our son, he has provided for him financially, he has taught him how to be a person of integrity, he has helped him with his homework, he has shown him how to communicate and most importantly he has loved him unconditionally. I don’t believe there could be a better man for our son to have as a father than my husband.
Through the eyes of the child in this type of relationship, the idea of Father’s Day increased in importance for me when I became serious about my walk with God. I wanted and still do want to celebrate my Heavenly Father everyday, not just on Father’s Day. He has shown me how to be a better person through the people He has placed in my life, He has shown me who He is through His word, He has shown me patience as He has taught me lessons in life and He has shown me how to love others unconditionally by showing me unconditional love. These are all the things that an earthly father is to show and do for his children and I am blessed to have a Heavenly Father who has shown and continues to show me all that my earthly father did not.
My Heavenly Father is perfect but being perfect does not stop Him from wanting to be involved in my life or yours. He doesn’t believe us to be a bother, He wants us to come to Him. So whether you have or had an earthly father that did not measure up to what you expected and wasn’t the “perfect” father, you do have a Heavenly Father who measures up in every way and IS the “perfect” Father.
As I wish each and every father, perfect or not, a Happy Father’s Day, I encourage you to communicate with the One perfect Father that we can all have in our lives and thank Him for always being the Father we need.
Happy Father’s Day to all the men we have been blessed to have in our lives.