Father's Day reflections, 2024

I want to take a moment to wish a Happy Father's Day to many of the great men that I know. I have been incredibly privileged to have two great men as fathers in my life, both who have been an incredible blessing to me throughout the years. To me it is a true testament of God's love and goodness in seeing how He can bring something great out of something as terrible as a divorce, yet that is part of my family's story.

There is no such thing as a perfect father, except for God himself, but I have been fortunate to know many great fathers outside of my own family too. Several of those men have shared their valuable wisdom with me as I grow as a father myself. I am so thankful for every one of the great men that I know, those who are out there every day fighting to provide for their family and to protect them, and to be an example of love.

To all the fathers I know who are reading this, stay strong and stay in the fight. Don't give up on your family. God's design for family is the best and perfect design. The role of a father and mother cannot be underestimated in their importance in bringing up healthy children. We live in a world now though where Satan is on the frontline, working hard every day to minimize the significance of the man and especially fathers, and to portray us as terrible and unnecessary. It couldn't be further from the truth. Those are all lies from the enemy himself.

As many good fathers as there are out there, there are unfortunately far too many bad fathers also. Those are the men who put their own selfish desires and interests ahead of their family and have sacrificed them for their own selfish gain. Let us show the world what it looks like to be a good father and to imitate God's love for us within our own space and realm of influence. Let us not diminish the significance of living out what we teach our kids, and to be consistent with God's teaching. Our kids, and the world, can spot a hypocrite from a mile away. Let us band together to mutually encourage one another. We all have hard days, we all have struggles, let's be honest with each other and talk about it so we don't fall victim to the traps of the enemy. Let's be the fathers that God has called us to be.