HAPPY FATHER’S DAY

SINCE IT IS GOING TO BE FATHER’S DAY, JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME AND CELEBRATE DAD’S EVERYWHERE TODAY! NOW I KNOW SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE GROWN UP WITHOUT A DADDY OR NOT SO GOOD MEMORIES OF YOUR FATHER AND I AM TRULY SORRY FOR THAT.

OUR FATHER’S HAVE SO MUCH TO DO WITH WHO WE ARE TODAY AND THE ROLE THEY PLAYED IN OUR LIVES.

FORTUNATELY, I AM SO GRATEFUL TO THE LORD  FOR THE DADDY HE GAVE ME. HE HAS SUCH A TENDER HEART BUT STRONG AS A MAN. I REMEMBER SO MANY GREAT MEMORIES GROWING UP. YES I’M SURE WE ALL HAVE THE NOT SO GOOD MEMORIES, BUT I CHOOSE TO REMEMBER THE GOOD.

CHERISH THE MEMORIES

I REMEMBER LOOKING BACK  WHEN WE WOULD WATCH ROCKY MOVIES TOGETHER AND I WOULD LOOK OVER AT MY DAD TEARING UP WHEN ROCKY WON AND EVEN MOVIES HE WOULD WATCH WITH ME AND WE BOTH WOULD BE WIPING OUR EYES.

 

 

 

OR, BLESS HIS HEART, WHEN MY MOM WAS AT WORK AND DAD HAD TO WATCH ME AND MY BROTHER. HOW HE WAS RIGHT THERE PATIENTLY PLAYING BARBIES WITH ME OR I REMEMBER HIM TEACHING ME HOW TO COLOR AND OUTLINE AND STAY IN THE LINES WITH THE CRAYONS.

HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO PLAY TENNIS , ROLLER SKATE AND PLAY CARDS, WHICH I KNOW HE  LET ME WIN MOST OF THE TIME  (LOL).

I WAS A DADDY’S GIRL AND KNEW HOW TO WRAP HIM AROUND MY FINGER (HAHAHHAH) WHEN I WANTED TO STAY UP LATE ALL I HAD TO SAY WAS “BUT DAD I WANT TO STAY UP AND FINISH WATCHING THE YANKEE GAME WITH YOU. HE LOVES THE YANKEES!!!

LEARNING TO LOVE DESPITE THE PAIN

WHAT AMAZES ME THE MOST WAS THE FACT THAT MY DAD DID NOT GROW UP IN SUCH A LOVING HOME, YET HE KNEW HOW TO LOVE AND EXPRESS HIS LOVE. MY DAD’S DAD WAS A COWBOY FROM WHAT I CAN REMEMBER AND THEY RAISED HORSES GROWING UP…IT WAS ALL WORK. THE EMOTIONS AND TENDERNESS WAS NOT FAMILIAR IN THEIR HOUSE EXCEPT THE TOXIC ONES OF ABUSE. MY DAD SHARED WITH ME HOW HIS DAD USED TO COME HOME DRUNK AND BEAT HIS MOM AND HIM AND WOULD SPEND ENDLESS NIGHTS HIDING UNDER THE BED OR IN THE CLOSET AS A SMALL CHILD WITH HIS EARS COVERED AS HE HEARD THE SCREAMING AND YELLING. ESPECIALLY WHEN HIS DAD WOULD BE SO DRUNK AND HAVE HIS SHOTGUN OUT.  I KNOW THE LORD HAD HIS HANDS PROTECTING HIM ALL HIS LIFE AND WE CAN’T EXPLAIN WHY PEOPLE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THINGS LIKE THAT? BUT WE ARE NEVER ALONE.

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

“Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.” Matthew 6:8

“I will be a Father to you and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”2 Corinthians 6:18 

For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord will take me in. Psalms 27:10

Because I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him. Job 29:12

He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing Deut. 10:18

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” Jeremiah 1:5

I THANK THE LORD FOR A WONDERFUL FATHER-IN-LAW THAT HE GAVE ME ALSO. ANOTHER STRONG, YET TENDERHEARTED MAN THAT LOVED THE LORD WITH ALL HIS HEART!!!

WHAT AN IMPACT THESE MEN HAVE HAD ON MY LIFE AND HOW I KNEW AS A WOMAN AND LADY WHAT TENDERNESS WAS. WHAT RESPECT FROM A MAN WAS ALL ABOUT AND HOW TO EXPRESS MY FEELINGS AND BE CARING AND NOT AFRAID TO SHOW IT. I AM SO MUCH OF WHO I AM TODAY BECAUSE OF THE INFLUENCE MY DAD HAD ON MY LIFE GROWING UP.

FOR ALL THE DAD’S OUT THERE TODAY. HAPPY FATHER’S DAY AND FOR THOSE WHO DIDN’T HAVE SUCH GOOD MEMORIES, MY PRAYER FOR YOU IS TO KNOW THE KING OF KINGS, AND THE LORD OF LORDS, AS YOUR FATHER. ONE THAT WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR ABANDON YOU. I PRAY FOR HEALING IN YOUR HEART OF ANY BAD MEMORIES AND CHERISH THE GOOD ONES.

 

IF YOU HAVE NEVER KNOWN THIS KIND OF LOVE I ENCOURAGE YOU TO RUN TO YOUR TRUE HEAVENLY FATHER AND EXPERIENCE THE RELATIONSHIP THAT YOU MANY NEVER HAD. TO NOT RUN AWAY FROM THE LORD, BUT RUN TO……. I WILL LEAVE THIS SIMPLE PRAYER FOR YOU.

IN HIS LOVE,

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