Have you heard of the movie Courageous? It's a Christian movie that chronicles the lives of four police officers and their buddy as they go through life as fathers. It makes you take a hard look at how you treat your wife and children and how you as a father affect your family.
I can honestly say that over the last year of growing in my walk with Christ that I have become a better father. I also know I have a long way to go. I openly admit that before I gave my life to Christ that I wasn't a good father, husband, or a good example to my family. All my buddies told me I was a great Dad and that I was doing the right things... I see now that spending all my time working, riding my motorcycle, drinking, and ignoring my family to chase an immoral lifestyle, was the farthest thing from being a good father. I realize now that I have to be a father that is courageous and bold enough to do the right thing no matter what the consequences. We as Dads have to love our family enough to be involved in their lives and to help direct them down the path that God wants them to go down. We have to tell our daughters that they are special,that we love them and that they deserve to be treated with respect. We have to train our sons on how to be men of honor, integrity and faith. We have to take the reins from our wives and show that we will be the leaders of our families and that we will support them courageously. We have to follow after God with all our might and set the standard for our families. We have to be bold, strong minded, and willing to do the right things for our families everyday with out question.
If we don't this generation of children will lose their way just as mine has. Every where we look we see people who are in deep despair with major personal issues and a lot of them are there because they never knew the love of a father or because their father was too busy for them. It's time for Dads to be Dads and lead our families to Christ as we follow after Him. I hope that you will learn as I have, that my families souls and their lives are special gifts that God has given me responsibility over. It's my job as the spiritual leader of my home to do my best to lead them to Christ and to provide for them courageously. I hope you feel the same way and that we can help our families run to Jesus versus running to the cesspool of sins and problems that the world has to offer.
1 Corinthians 16:13
New Living Translation (NLT)
13 Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous.[a] Be strong.
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