Posted by
Phillyfanatic(KGK) on Saturday, June 16, 2007 3:24:56 PM
Well, of course, many posters all over The Net will be talking about Father's Day and stories which will either bore or enthrall us. Tomorrow, I will be actually preaching on the topic. For 20 years, I have had this duty and liked doing it because many men, married or not still do not take Fatherhood as a role which is very important . Of course, with all the stats and studies on this, one would think that anyone alive or breathing would see stuff on TV , read it on The Net or at least hear it from somebody. If not the Government, schools, churches, synagogues somewhere! But, so many communites have absentee fathers and we have so many silly feminists saying men and fathers are not necessary anymore that conflict and confusion are natural byproducts of this complexity. Preaching on a role is hard. Many in our secular society do not like to refer to God as an example. But, after all, for thousands of years, the Biblical God has been cited as the Father of Creation, the Father of Humanity, God the Father of Jesus. I actually believe that today and will cite such material Sunday. Psalm 27 will be my text. There are many contributions and characteristics of fatherhood from which human dads can take some examples. Reading the Bible and using the Father's Heart of Love is not a bad idea for such an example. A Father for the single, the widows, the orphens, the poor, the weak, the depressed, and even a replacement for missing or cruel-stupid-evil human fathers can be found in God the Father. Perhaps readers will cringe when I write this. Some will not understand that there is a Father we cannot see but who is there and cares for all 6 billion people on earth. Perhaps some people will try to reach out to that Father tomorrow because their experience with human fathers has been very poor and frightening. It is worth the effort.