God the Father on Father's Day
Posted on June 11, 2010 by Pastor Tom
Does your relationship with your father help or hinder your relationship with God the Father? Father’s Day is just over a week away. It is a time to honor fathers. But it can be a difficult day for some. I read somewhere that in prisons on Mother’s Day, there are long lineups to use the phone. On Father’s Day, the phone hardly gets used. A healthy relationship with our earthly father can further our relationship with Father God. A strained, difficult or non-existent relationship with our earthly fathers can hinder our relationship with Father God.
So what kind of a Father is God? Check this article out for some great insights.
http://www.christianity.ca/netcommunity/Page.aspx?pid=7324
May it help you connect more intimately with Father God for Father’s Day.
Some comments...
June 13, 2010
Hi Pastor Tom…when I saw your comment on facebook about Fathers..it made me think about my relationship with my dad. I do not know where to start I guess at the beginning…My dad was the youngest of 3 boys and had a younger sister… he was raised on a farm and his dad died when he was 12 or 13… he was a handful for his mom and she sent him to Notre Dame school and when he came home afew years later he was a very different young man(this is according to my uncle and aunt) He was still wild and reckless but more angry… he worked on the oil rigs and played hard… He met my mom at a party and she ended up pregnant with me and he married her as it was the right thing to do…their marriage was very rocky and loud, abusive at times…the best way to describe it would be like walking on egg shells when ever he was around… I learned at a very young age my dad would not always be there for me at least not the way I thought I needed him… but I knew he loved me and he tried the best he knew how to be a dad…as a young woman I decided that I may love my dad and I should honor him but I did not like him very much ..we dissagreed about almost everything not that I could every express my opinon without a huge arguement…so I limited my interactions with him which was easy to do as we did not live in the same place…he and my mom divorced when I was 20… I limited my childrens visit with the grandpa and thought I was doing the right thing… but as I committed my life again to Christ and started growing in HIm I slowly but I was doubting my salvation and was struggling…over some time God showed me I did not trust HIm to be and do what He promised because I had learned as a child not to depend on my Dad…I had a huge trust issues with men in general..On a missions trip God reveal to me that He is who He says He is and completely trustworthing… that changed my relationship with Him and therefore changed me…from that God revealed to me that I was wrong in my attitude to my dad…that I needed to more then honor my dad, I could have a relationship with him…it definately had boundaries but I found I could like him and love him too…not that we agreed any more but it was much better…My dad died that same year and although things were not perfect and I still had some issues to work through, God still provided. So my answer to that question is yes it definately makes a difference what kind of a relationship you have with your father but that is not the last word God works in all situations…As I watched our children grow into adults I am thankful for a christian husband who is the kind of father I wished for…the relationship our daughter has with her dad is special and geniune..she loves her dad and loves her God as well..Glory to God
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