These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart. Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Deuteronomy 6:6-7 CSB

Happy Father’s Day!!

God created families! He created Adam and Eve and told them to be fruitful and multiply. God blesses a man and a woman with children, and we become…moms and dads. And as the verse above tells us, dads (and moms) are to teach their children about the Lord, our God. We are to hold His commands in our hearts and share His love and guidance with our children. What an awesome, although somewhat intimidating, responsibility!

Today, we take the time to thank God for all our dads as we celebrate them, today and every day!  I lost my dad way too early, twenty-eight years ago. Today I want to remember him with this small verse as we are thankful for all of the things we love about our dads, our heroes, our protectors, our friends.

And if your dad wasn’t around or was not a great dad, look to your heavenly Father and be thankful to be His son or daughter. And I will be a Father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty. 2 Corinthians 6:18 CSB

Thank You, God, for My Dad

Thanks for always being in love with my mother,

You taught me what it was to care for another.

Thanks for your love for me that wouldn’t quit,

You encouraged and corrected my wayward spirit.

Thanks for working hard each day to make us a life,

You rarely complained about all the troubles and strife.

Thanks for each weekend and trips that were fun.

You made the time with you special when all was done.

Thanks for your sense of fun and unique humor,

You were sometimes silly, the master of one-liners.

Thanks for teaching me practical real-life skills,

You gladly let me work with wrenches and drills.

Thanks for encouraging me, my own path to lead,

You opened every door you could, so I would succeed.

Thanks for being my hero and the lessons I learned,

You were the best dad ever as far as I’m concerned!

Today let’s honor or remember our dads and their impact on our lives!

I thank God for each of you! And I thank you for joining me this week as we celebrate our wonderful dads.

Blessings and joy celebrating your father!