A Good Daddy

Everyone wants to have a good dad. Parents are so important in those early stages of life and a good dad can have an influence that lasts a lifetime. The picture today is of my son-in-law Rich reading to the girls. My grandkids have all had good dads. Not perfect but good dads. I don't think they need to spend a lot of energy in their lives overcoming damage done to them by negligent or abusive fathers. I have spent many hours talking to adults who suffered abuse of one kind or another and seen how difficult it can be to be healed of such issues. Even if a dad is near perfect however the perception by their child may not see it that way.

For a Christian the real perfect dad is God himself. We all have earthly father's who gave us physical life. We also all have a spiritual father who gives us spiritual life. This spiritual daddy will only work for our good. At times I'm not sure we believe that. By our actions we show that we don't trust God. We know what God wants us to do and yet we lack the trust to do it. We act as though daddy would abuse us like some of our earthly fathers. We act as though we need to take care of ourselves because God can't be trusted. We lose the peace that obedience to God can bring. Trust your spiritual father in this case father knows best.