Father's Day: Remembering His Journey Through Your Life

There are certain experiences that will always be a signpost along the pathway of our lives. Events that we will always remember, and some we will never forget, and a small number we wish we could forget. 

Mileposts...Markers...Memorials...Memories

Some of those days are sometimes celebrated each year and one of those is Father's Day. The idea behind making this a special day for dads is good. With the weird ties, bad cologne, ceramic hand prints of our children, to cards and hugs, Father's Day is celebrated in many ways.

This piece of writing is to try to create a kind of memorable collage of a father's journey through his own life. Not necessarily my own, but fathers all over the world. Some fathers have mentored their children well, and some fathers, who for one reason or another seemingly failed at what fatherhood was supposed to be. Some of us have lost our fathers, some do not know who their father is, or if they do, where he is or why he left. There are people looking at Father's Day today from all sides of the role and relationship of fatherhood. 

We have all had a father, many have become father's, some will be step-fathers, and help try to raise another father's children, and some will have been let down and hurt by a father they cannot seem to forgive.

What we need to Remember about our Fathers

They are men who were sons

Each of our fathers were one day sons. They learned a lot about fatherhood from the fathers who raised them. Some were raised well and some were not. Some have experienced great sorrow in their pilgrimage to fatherhood and some had no idea how incredibly important their relationship and example would mean to you.

They are men who were the best father we needed

There are fathers who in spite of their own experiences as a son, or personal hurts growing up that became the father that was the best of the best. Some of you have been gifted by great fathers who seemingly did it all right.

They are men who made mistakes

All of us were provided with a father that did some things right along the way, in spite of their failings. It is no easy thing to be the provider of financial, relational and spiritual resources, but for all of us, it is possible to do the best that you can. We will all let our children down in some way or another in this life....it is inevitable for fathers are as imperfect as we are.

They are men who often kept their pain to themselves

Many boys were taught to never cry, don't share your feelings, always be strong, and never be vulnerable.  That is what society and their fathers and grandfathers taught them. 
 
Most men keep their personal pain and sorrow to themselves and have seemed distant to their children because of that choice.

They are men who have hurt their children

There are fathers who have hurt their children deeply and in some cases intentionally. Others do not even realize that their long hours at work, on business trips, being a soldier or a farmer or a business owner have children who may have felt abandoned by them and have never shared that with their fathers. There were missed birthdays, school plays, Christmases, or times when a child needed their father to be there more than any other person in the world. 

They are men who will often have regrets


Fathers will always have regrets. If you are a father reading this remember that no one on this earth will ever be the perfect father. If you have failed your children ask their forgiveness and forgive yourself along the way. 

They are men who need our praise for what they tried to do

Take a moment to thank your father for what he tried to do with what he had. That can be in person, across the miles or with a prayer that he would hear the echo of wherever he may be. 

They are men who need our forgiveness for their failures

Let your father know that you have forgiven his failings or the things that have disappointed you, let you down or hurt you in life. Let it go....release him from that prison of his own guilt and free yourself from the burden of carrying the load of it.

What we can Cherish as we Remember our Fathers

Cherish each special memory that has made you a who you are.Make a list of only the special memories that you have had with your father. If there are photos, make up a poem, a story or a card, and if you can send it today to him. If you cannot send it, save it as a cherished reminder that he gave you those memories and experiences.

Cherish the significant lessons they Taught you about life

Thank your father for any of the lessons that you learned that came directly from him to you. Let him know or remind yourself that life teaches us through many experiences how to be the person that we have become. The process is full of mistakes and successes.




Cherish them as imperfect men who were in your life for a reason


There is a strength in knowing that God has sovereignty over the things that touch and impact our lives, especially those that we had no choice in. 

He may be the first father in his family linage to have tried to do it differently. Honor that attempt. There are lessons about being a father that you experience through trial and error, toil and effort, and some work and some do not.

 
God is the Only Perfect Father
the world will ever have the privilege to have

  

 He will never abandon you

“Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations. Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.”  

Psalm 90:1-2

 “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”   Psalm 46:1

 

 He will be by your side your whole life

^“Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.” 

Psalm 69:1-3

^“You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble;  You shall surround me with songs of deliverance.” Psalm 32:7

  

Jesus Christ, His Son gave His Life so that you could be His Child

^“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. “ John 14:6

  
Receive that gift this Father's Day as the Greatest Gift ever given

Take a long walk today and talk to your 

Take a long walk today and talk to your 

Heavenly Father and wish Him a Happy Father's Day. It must be tough to have so many kids that blame Him for things that are not His fault, He doesn't get much credit for what He does do for us each day, and He is lonely for our love and wants us to spend time in The Quiet Place with Him alone.

Take a moment to listen to a Father's Heart poured out in a simple song:

Welcome Home by Brian Littrell

Father's Day: Remembering his Journey through your life

There are certain experiences that will always be a signpost along the pathway of our lives. Events that we will always remember, and some we will never forget, and a small number we wish we could forget. Mileposts...Markers...Memorials...Memories

Some of those days are sometimes celebrated each year and one of those is Father's Day. The idea behind making this a special day for dads is good. With the weird ties, bad cologne, ceramic hand prints of our children, to cards and hugs, Father's Day is celebrated in many ways.

This piece of writing is to try to create a kind of memorable collage of a father's journey through his own life. Not necessarily my own, but fathers all over the world. Some fathers have mentored their children well, and some fathers, who for one reason or another seemingly failed at what fatherhood was supposed to be. Some of us have lost our fathers, some do not know who their father is, or if they do, where he is or why he left. There are people looking at Father's Day today from all sides of the role and relationship of fatherhood. 

We have all had a father, many have become father's, some will be step-fathers, and help try to raise another father's children, and some will have been let down and hurt by a father they cannot seem to forgive.

What we need to Remember about our Fathers

They are men who were sons

Each of our fathers were one day sons. They learned a lot about fatherhood from the fathers who raised them. Some were raised well and some were not. Some have experienced great sorrow in their pilgrimage to fatherhood and some had no idea how incredibly important their relationship and example would mean to you.

They are men who were the best father we needed

There are fathers who in spite of their own experiences as a son, or personal hurts growing up that became the father that was the best of the best. Some of you have been gifted by great fathers who seemingly did it all right.

They are men who made mistakes

All of us were provided with a father that did some things right along the way, in spite of their failings. It is no easy thing to be the provider of financial, relational and spiritual resources, but for all of us, it is possible to do the best that you can. We will all let our children down in some way or another in this life....it is inevitable for fathers are as imperfect as we are.

They are men who often kept their pain to themselves

Many boys were taught to never cry, don't share your feelings, always be strong, and never be vulnerable.  That is what society and their fathers and grandfathers taught them. 
 
Most men keep their personal pain and sorrow to themselves and have seemed distant to their children because of that choice.

They are men who have hurt their children

There are fathers who have hurt their children deeply and in some cases intentionally. Others do not even realize that their long hours at work, on business trips, being a soldier or a farmer or a business owner have children who may have felt abandoned by them and have never shared that with their fathers. There were missed birthdays, school plays, Christmases, or times when a child needed their father to be there more than any other person in the world. 

They are men who will often have regrets

Fathers will always have regrets. If you are a father reading this remember that no one on this earth will ever be the perfect father. If you have failed your children ask their forgiveness and forgive yourself along the way. 

They are men who need our praise for what they tried to do

Take a moment to thank your father for what he tried to do with what he had. That can be in person, across the miles or with a prayer that he would hear the echo of wherever he may be. 

They are men who need our forgiveness for their failures

Let your father know that you have forgiven his failings or the things that have disappointed you, let you down or hurt you in life. Let it go....release him from that prison of his own guilt and free yourself from the burden of carrying the load of it.

What we can Cherish as we Remember our Fathers

Cherish each special memory that has made you a who you are.Make a list of only the special memories that you have had with your father. If there are photos, make up a poem, a story or a card, and if you can send it today to him. If you cannot send it, save it as a cherished reminder that he gave you those memories and experiences.

Cherish the significant lessons they Taught you about life

Thank your father for any of the lessons that you learned that came directly from him to you. Let him know or remind yourself that life teaches us through many experiences how to be the person that we have become. The process is full of mistakes and successes.




Cherish them as imperfect men who were in your life for a reason


There is a strength in knowing that God has sovereignty over the things that touch and impact our lives, especially those that we had no choice in. 

He may be the first father in his family linage to have tried to do it differently. Honor that attempt. There are lessons about being a father that you experience through trial and error, toil and effort, and some work and some do not.

God is the Only Perfect Father
the world will ever have the privilege to have

  

 He will never abandon you

“Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations. Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.”  

Psalm 90:1-2

 “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”   Psalm 46:1

 

 He will be by your side your whole life

 

^“Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.” 

Psalm 69:1-3

^“You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble;  You shall surround me with songs of deliverance.” Psalm 32:7

  

Jesus Christ, His Son gave His Life so that you could be His Child

^“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. “ John 14:6

  
Receive that gift this Father's Day as the Greatest Gift ever given

Take a long walk today and talk to your 

Heavenly Father and wish Him a Happy Father's Day. It must be tough to have so many kids that blame Him for things that are not His fault, He doesn't get much credit for what He does do for us each day, and He is lonely for our love and wants us to spend time in The Quiet Place with Him alone.

Take a moment to listen to a Father's Heart poured out in a simple song:

Welcome Home by Brian Littrell 

 

 

Living with Regrets as a Father

Living with regrets as a father is one of life’s heavier burdens. It is tough knowing that you have let down your children or have failed them in some way, weighs heavy on the heart of a father. No father on this earth is perfect, and we all have some regrets that we may have fallen short in being the father that our children most needed. 

Work through your Regrets when you have done all you could 

Thank your Heavenly Father for the years that you did have with your child or children. If they are not seeking after God, you have a mighty arsenal at your disposal 24 hours a day. You can fervently keep praying for them to get right with God.


Work through your Guilt if you have Failed as a Father

For the failures that we may have made as a father, we must go to our children and make them right. It is never too late to do so. Take the initiative to make them right with your children if it is all possible and ask them for forgiveness. I know the painfulness of this pathway myself. As father's we know the shortcomings, the long absences through a driven work ethic that denied a child time with his father, the unnecessarily harsh parenting, or the far too lenient parenting. Make it right today.

Work through your Pain if you have lost a child

If you have lost a child, the Heavenly Father knows just how you feel. One day, long ago, he too lost a son. Find comfort in His Father Heart. Spend time in The Quiet Place and share your tears with Him. He understands your heartache and desires to comfort you.

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. “  II Corinthians 1:3-4

Work through Rejection if your kids want nothing to do with you

If you are all alone as a father at this time in your life, in truth you are not alone. There are many hurting fathers across the world today that feel as you do and whose children for one reason or another have rejected them. Pray for them. Take your wounded heart to your Heavenly Father and worship Him today. Give your children to Him and become the man they still need as their father, one step at a time.

Work through letting go if you are at the end of your Journey

If you are at the end of your journey here on earth, prepare to meet your Heavenly Father if you have not already embraced a personal faith in Christ in your life thus far. Clear the slate once and for all, and accept His forgiveness. Release your children and or grandchildren to Him, and ask Him to bring them into the Kingdom, any who have strayed, and to protect any who have been faithful to continue to steadfastly follow Him. Your work is done now…get to know your Heavenly Father in a personal intimate way in The Quiet Place.

Remember your Heavenly Father

In reality, our children are on loan to us for a very short time. They belong to The Heavenly Father. Dedicate your children to Him and do all that you can to be an influence upon their lives that will lead them to His Father’s Heart. Whether you have been faithful in doing this in the past or not, begin today to make Him first their lives and yours.

Our Heavenly Father found a way to provide freedom to Captives

“The Spirit of the Lord God (Translated YHWH) is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives and freedom to prisoners; to proclaim the favorable year of the Lord and the day of vengeance of our God.” Isaiah 61:1

 Our Heavenly Father found a way to lead us to His Comfort

"To comfort all who mourn, to grant those who mourn in Zion, giving them a garland instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting."  Isaiah 61:2

Our Heavenly Father found a way to establish His Calling

"So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.”  Isaiah 61:1-3

When we reflect upon the incredible truth that our Heavenly Father has provided a means by which we can intimately know Him, it becomes life's most precious discovery. In The Quiet Place we can walk with our God and know that He wants to spend time with us, is never too busy to listen, and that He will heal our wounded hearts, and fill our weary soul with His unfailing love. That is amazing Grace.

When a Father Walks by Your Side

Little do we realize the blessed privilege it is to have a father walk by our side. Even if it is for but a very short time, God uses the role of a father in our lives that leaves an indelible touch upon our character. 

It isn’t easy to be a father. It never has been. Every father has a tender place in his heart where he knows that at times, he has fallen short of being the Dad his kids needed him to be at some integral time in their childhood. We all have experienced that regret as a father. 

We know the times that we have let our children down, and as a consequence we have fallen from that privileged place of being the perfect father, their number 1 hero, and the only one they could always depend upon who would always protect them and never let them down. 

That is quite a challenging place to be in, while we see our own imperfections in the mirror of our soul. We fathers will all at some time, let our children down in one way or another. It is inevitable. At times, it tugs at the periphery of your mind like a hungry mosquito on a hot summer night. Always there, but hard to see, let alone deal with it. 

The role and responsibility of being a father seems indelibly laced with more chances to fail, than to succeed. Deep inside, we want to be the best fathers we can be. It is sobering to remember that we are called to be their father, and that may at times prevent us from being their "Best Friend."

The Heartache of a Father

There are fathers across the world, who are unable to be with their children today for many reasons. They may be away on the battlefield as a soldier; they may be working at a job in a faraway place that did not allow them to be with their children this day; their children may not wish to be with them or are being prevented from being with them; or their child may have passed away, or they may not even know where their child is. 

The Primary Responsibility of a Father

Every child ever brought in this world bears the mark of Adam in his or her nature, and is born with an innate bent toward rebellion and resisting any kind of authority 

“Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.” Psalm 51:5. 

Any parent who remembers the toddler stage, sometimes called the terrible 2’s, knows this tendency well. As childish rebellion begins to emerge, the power struggle becomes the primary stress in parenting, especially if you were blessed with a strong willed child.

Fathers (parents) are called upon, as they discipline their children to 

“not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.” (Eph. 6:2)

There is such a challenging balance between disciplining them and instructing them, and no one will do it perfectly. 

The Primary Responsibility of every Child

Children are called upon to honor and obey their parents. This is the primary way they can demonstrate their respect and love for them. 

“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.” (Eph. 6:1-3)

The Primary Goal of the Heavenly Father

God’s primary goal for all fathers is for them to be a catalyst to begin the work of shaping the will of their children to willingly yield to Him one day, without breaking the child’s spirit.

Fathers are to seek to shape each child's innermost heart with the Word of God as His map, and the heart of God as his method ( See Psalm 119).  He desires fathers to teach their children the Scriptures so as to know and practice right from wrong, and ultimately to turn their lives over to their God, who reigns over their destiny (See Deuteronomy 6:1-9). They too must ultimately learn that one day they will stand before God to give an account of their life, and they must understand that before they head out into the world as adults. 

The Problem with Free Will

“Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sins, it shall die.”      
( Ezekiel 18:4)

Because every child can exercise free will to choose or reject a father’s counsel, we as fathers have very little control over the outcomes of the children we have born into this world. They must make a well informed choice one day. 

“…the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son…” (Ezekiel 18:20)

Every child must someday yield their life individually to the Heavenly Father, and repent of their sin, and accept His Son’s sacrifice to give them access to His Kingdom and His heart.

“But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die (referring to eternal death as opposed to physical death).” (Ezekiel 18:21)

A Precious and Privileged Adoption

Jesus called out to His Father in the Garden of Gethsemane on the eve of His crucifixion using an intimate form of the word we know as "Daddy."

“…and He was saying, “ Abba! Father! All things are possible for You; remove this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what You will.”  Mark 14:36

As joint-heirs with Christ we are adopted into that privileged intimate role when we are made a new creation in Christ, whereby we can call out to our Heavenly Father using the same precious endearment.

“For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “ Abba! Father!” Romans 8:15

“Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “ Abba! Father!”  Galatians 4:6

The Heartache of the Heavenly Father

He Gave a Priceless Gift

The Heavenly Father has provided a sin bearer to take away our sins. His Son, The Lord Jesus Christ. We will never in this lifetime understand or fully appreciate the incredible cost that provided a means for us to have access to the Father Heart of God.

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.” (John 3:16).

By accepting Jesus Christ’s vicarious substitutionary sacrifice, the fallen nature of Adam will be replaced by Christ’s nature, and a person's sins will reach back to Calvary, where Jesus has already paid the price. He died for each of our children and all of mankind. 

It came at a Terrible Cost

We had a debt that we could not pay, so He paid the debt that He did not owe.

“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation."

"Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”  ( II Corinthians 5:17-21)

He Understands the Heartache of Being a Father

Remember this, the best of fathering cannot always guarantee the best of outcomes. The law of sowing and reaping does provide a principle here, for in reality, good fathering generally produces children who respect authority, respond to parental counsel, and ultimately have been led to embrace Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. However, that is simply not always the case. 

God the Father was and is a  perfect parent, who provided a sinless innocent nature in Adam and Eve, and a perfect home with ample privileges and previsions, and they chose to rebel against Him and sin.   


That choice, created a cancerous supernatural spiritual cell, laced with a toxic defective spiritual DNA, which ultimately has destined every one of us to physical and eternal death. He understands how hard it is to be a loving father, and yet have His children rebel and sin.

Remember that your Heavenly Father is there for you and He is as close as a prayer away in The Quiet Place. Seek him today, and worship Him as you discover the Father Heart of God for yourself.

Father's Day: Remembering his Journey through your life

There are certain experiences that will always be a signpost along the pathway of our lives. Events that we will always remember, and some we will never forget, and a small number we wish we could forget. Mileposts...Markers...Memorials...

Some of those days are sometimes celebrated each year and one of those is Father's Day. The idea behind making this a special day for dads is good. With the weird ties, bad cologne, ceramic hand prints of our children, to cards and hugs, Father's Day is celebrated in many ways.

This piece of writing is to try to create a kind of memorable collage of a father's journey through his own life. Not necessarily my own, but fathers all over the world. Some fathers have mentored their children well, and some fathers, who for one reason or another seemingly failed at what fatherhood was supposed to be. Some of us have lost our fathers, some do not know who their father is, or if they do, where he is or why he left. There are people looking at Father's Day today from all sides of the role and relationship of fatherhood. 

We have all had a father, many have become father's, some will be step-fathers, and help try to raise another father's children, and some will have been let down and hurt by a father they cannot seem to forgive.

What we need to Remember about our Fathers

They are men who were sons

Each of our fathers were one day sons. They learned a lot about fatherhood from the fathers who raised them. Some were raised well and some were not. Some have experienced great sorrow in their pilgrimage to fatherhood and some had no idea how incredibly important their relationship and example would mean to you.

They are men who were the best father we needed

There are fathers who in spite of their own experiences as a son, or personal hurts growing up that became the father that was the best of the best. Some of you have been gifted by great fathers who seemingly did it all right.

They are men who made mistakes

All of us were provided with a father that did some things right along the way, in spite of their failings. It is no easy thing to be the provider of financial, relational and spiritual resources, but for all of us, it is possible to do the best that you can. We will all let our children down in some way or another in this life....it is inevitable for fathers are as imperfect as we are.

They are men who often kept their pain to themselves

Many boys were taught to never cry, don't share your feelings, always be strong, and never be vulnerable.  That is what society and their fathers and grandfathers taught them. 
 
Most men keep their personal pain and sorrow to themselves and have seemed distant to their children because of that choice.

They are men who have hurt their children

There are fathers who have hurt their children deeply and in some cases intentionally. Others do not even realize that their long hours at work, on business trips, being a soldier or a farmer or a business owner have children who may have felt abandoned by them and have never shared that with their fathers. There were missed birthdays, school plays, Christmases, or times when a child needed their father to be there more than any other person in the world. 

They are men who will often have regrets

Fathers will always have regrets. If you are a father reading this remember that no one on this earth will ever be the perfect father. If you have failed your children ask their forgiveness and forgive yourself along the way. 

They are men who need our praise for what they tried to do

Take a moment to thank your father for what he tried to do with what he had. That can be in person, across the miles or with a prayer that he would hear the echo of wherever he may be. 

They are men who need our forgiveness for their failures

Let your father know that you have forgiven his failings or the things that have disappointed you, let you down or hurt you in life. Let it go....release him from that prison of his own guilt and free yourself from the burden of carrying the load of it.

What we can Cherish as we Remember our Fathers

Cherish each special memory that has made you a who you are.Make a list of only the special memories that you have had with your father. If there are photos, make up a poem, a story or a card, and if you can send it today to him. If you cannot send it, save it as a cherished reminder that he gave you those memories and experiences.

Cherish the significant lessons they Taught you about life

Thank your father for any of the lessons that you learned that came directly from him to you. Let him know or remind yourself that life teaches us through many experiences how to be the person that we have become.


Cherish them as imperfect men who were in your life for a reason

There is a strength in knowing that God has sovereignty over the things that touch and impact our lives, especially those that we had no choice in. 

He may be the first father in his family linage to have tried to do it differently. Honor that attempt. There are lessons about being a father that you experience through trial and error, toil and effort, and some work and some do not.

God is the Only Perfect Father
the world will ever have the privilege to have

  

 He will never abandon you

“Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations. Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.”   

Psalm 90:1-2

 “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”   Psalm 46:1

He will be by your side your whole life

  

^“Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.” 

Psalm 69:1-3

^“You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble;  You shall surround me with songs of deliverance.” Psalm 32:7

  

Jesus Christ, His Son gave His Life so that you could be His Child

^“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. “ John 14:6

  
Receive that gift this Father's Day as the Greatest Gift ever given

Take a long walk today and talk to your Heavenly Father and wish Him a Happy Father's Day. It must be tough to have so many kids that blame Him for things that are not His fault, He doesn't get much credit for what He does do for us each day, and He is lonely for our love and wants us to spend time in The Quiet Place with Him alone.