Just like Mother's Day, this is a Holiday that is not always easy. It can be a reminder for those who may not
have a relationship with their father or with a child… or even more
heartbreaking the “loss” of one who has departed life on earth. Death and
broken relationships can make holidays hard… but God.
God is a Father to the fatherless.
He loves better than any earthly father ever could. He paves the way for reconciliation because
He is God that reconciles. He reached
down from Heaven and brought us back into relationship with Him. He turned our
heart of stone, into a heart of flesh (Ezekiel 36:26). He shows us how to forgive and be forgiven because
He first forgave us. He is the God who opened His loving arms to the Prodigal Son. He left the 99, to save the 1…! What an example of pure love.
Of course, God did provide me with an amazing father. My father loves us children well. Even in his retirement he takes the time to
help out with little (and big) projects that we have around the house. He jokes
about not coming back to visit so he doesn’t have to do any more work, but I
know that he loves me too much not to help and for that I am forever grateful. So, if you remember throughout the year about
all of the things that “went wrong”… Dad is here to the rescue and even spent
Father’s Day working on one of the projects on the list.
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