Father’s Day is a wonderful day to honor our Dads.  To do so, we often look for the perfect card that describes our Dad.  Depending on our age or mood at the time, we may look for a verse with sincere meaning or a light and funny one that will not only make Dad laugh, but everyone else in the room.

We may spend time looking over old photographs and share the family as a much younger version.  Recently our daughter found one of ourselves sitting on a bright, orange, floral couch back in the 80’s.   Their dad look quite happy surrounded by his daughters with their wide, happy smiles.

In an increasingly mobile world, Facebook is an important way many fathers and children connect with one another.  In 2015 on Father’s Day, 141 million father-child relationships in 28 countries celebrated with their fathers on Facebook.

Many may have lost their Dad recently or many years ago.  Others may never had a Dad; there was only Mom who did her best. So this Father’s Day remember to take some time to hug the fatherless and the widowed. Those who lost their dad or husband through disease, mental illness, or accident.  Those who were abandoned.  Those whose Dad’s are serving in the military overseas, or are not around for another “good” reason.  It’s a hard day for many families.

Also remember those who desire or desired children, but the Lord did not grant any.  And those who have lost children. Guys often put on a tough face, but it can still be a difficult day.

After becoming a Dad we soon recognize the awesome responsibility given to us.  Dad’s have little eyes watching their every move and hearing every word they say.  Enjoy this short video,”I Want To Be Just Like You”.

And finally remember our Heavenly Father.  He is there for the fatherless, the widow, the lonely and the childless.  He Loves you.  He saw us before time, and seeing our sin and shame, he decided that he loved us and wanted us in his family.

In the most radical act of love ever, he sent his Son to pay our debt, to live a perfect life for us, to suffer for us, to die for us, to be punished for us . . . all to bring us into his family.  And every morning our Father bids us to come to him and to come to his house, to join with Him and His other children to feast at His table.