“Happy Father’s Day” brings out different emotions in people for many reasons. For some, they had great dads growing up, for others their dads were always busy with work or hobbies, many had dad’s absent due to poor choices, and then there were those that suffered trauma from their fathers in one way or another. Right before I became a “father”, I became a drug addict. I was a functional drug addict, but there were times when I needed the drugs more than I wanted to be a dad. Because I was walking with the devil, I did not know God and did not care about what was written in *Ephesians 6:4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger [do not exasperate them to the point of resentment with demands that are trivial or unreasonable or humiliating or abusive; nor by showing favoritism or indifference to any of them], but bring them up [tenderly, with loving kindness] in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.* Before I came to know God as my Father, I always felt like I was missing something. Growing up, I did not have a “Godly” father. My dad was not a “bad” man, he was just one that did not know the Lord. I became a “Christian” when I was 36 years old. That is when I came to understand the benefit of living right before God, my loving heavenly Father. The more I read my Bible, the more I decided to do my best to be intentional and apply certain verses to my life like what is written in *Proverbs 20:7 The righteous man who walks in integrity and lives life in accord with his [godly] beliefs—How blessed [happy and spiritually secure] are his children after him [who have his example to follow].* I have made many mistakes as a father, and regrettably I confess that there are days when I doubt my sincerity to live according to the word of God. There are even days when I doubt my faith, and on those days of doubt, I feel the presence of God reminding me to doubt my doubt, and I hear a still small voice remind me that my heavenly Father’s voice is the one that I need to listen too and not that of the world, what is in my head, or the lies of the enemy. My encouragement to my children, to the ones who I have been blessed with that make me a father, I not only thank God for His grace, but I thank you for yours as well, for all the times that I have failed you as your dad and more impactfully as a Man of God. Beloved, I pray for us all to have a blessed Father’s day and may we all feel our heavenly Father’s divine presence this day and fully experience the joy of being a child of God. In Christ Love, douglas. HE>i. pastord.blog

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