Like most holidays, Father’s day could be bittersweet. Either, really happy or not so much. Today, you’re probably in one of three categories:
- Really happy to celebrate
- Could careless
- Father’s day is a bitter reminder of being fatherless.
If you’re in the first category, Happy Father’s day! I hope you bless and love on the Dads in your life today. This year marks the second time in my life that I’ve had the honor of being a Dad on Father’s Day. I fell honored and grateful to be Liam’s Dad.
Sadly, many people are in the the second or third category. Could careless or reminded about the pain that they carry knowing they are fatherless. Growing up, these were my categories. I never met my dad nor seen a picture of him. For most of my life Father’s Day was a day I tried not to care about but it often left me with a painful reminder that I was without a father.
My life changed when I came to know Jesus but my perspective changed when I read this promise:
Psalm 68:5 A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. (Verse 6) God sets the lonely in families… (NIV84)
A father to the fatherless. It was then that I had a different perspective. God had promised to be my Father and all that comes with it. He promised to guide me, to give me wisdom, to comfort me, to love me as a father would love a son, to discipline me, and to give me an inheritance. Father’s day has a new meaning in that light. It’s the ultimate, “my dad can beat up your dad!” I’ve been adopted by my Heavenly Father.
If you’re fatherless on Father’s Day, I want to remind you, not of the pain from past experiences, the thoughts of being unwanted nor the feelings of abandonment. I want to remind you that my Father, is a loving, gracious, and good Father and He is always looking to adopt more kids! If you need a Father, My Father wants to be your Father today.
