Yesterday was Father's Day. Though my father has been gone for many years, Father's Day still holds a special place in my heart. When I say a "special place", I don't mean a place that is "moved" by quaint greeting cards or silly gifts...I'm talking about a place of quiet and solemn reflection....a place where I evaluate the kind of dad I am.
Ours is a world the diminishes the role and importance of fathers...to the great detriment of our society. I want to be a dad who loves the glory of God enough to point my children to Him. I want to be a dad who is more concerned with providing godly discipline and instruction to my kids than with being their friend. I want to be a dad who will be able to look my boys in the eye when they graduate from high school and college, and when they grasp the hand of their new bride, and when they hold their first-born child, and when they are my age....and ulitmately when we both stand before our Savior in heaven....to be able to look them in the eye and know with confidence that I lived a life of bold and courageous faithfulness for the glory of God that set a model before them that was worthy of being emulated.
O, to be the kind of man that will fight the good fight!
Men, I challenge you to pick up your sword and fight!
Check out this video of Paul Washer...doing a much better job articulating this than I ever could. Allow yourself to be challenged men!
Ours is a world the diminishes the role and importance of fathers...to the great detriment of our society. I want to be a dad who loves the glory of God enough to point my children to Him. I want to be a dad who is more concerned with providing godly discipline and instruction to my kids than with being their friend. I want to be a dad who will be able to look my boys in the eye when they graduate from high school and college, and when they grasp the hand of their new bride, and when they hold their first-born child, and when they are my age....and ulitmately when we both stand before our Savior in heaven....to be able to look them in the eye and know with confidence that I lived a life of bold and courageous faithfulness for the glory of God that set a model before them that was worthy of being emulated.
O, to be the kind of man that will fight the good fight!
Men, I challenge you to pick up your sword and fight!
Check out this video of Paul Washer...doing a much better job articulating this than I ever could. Allow yourself to be challenged men!
If you're up for the challenge, then join me and other men from our church on Saturday, August 1st, as we go to FightClub '09 for a one-day training event, that will prepare you for the battle..png)
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