And, let me say up front, that many times, these special days are really tough for a segment of the population.
There are those who lost their Dad in the previous year, and this will be their first year without him.
There are those whose Dad is still living, but there's a remoteness, or even a division or separation, and it makes the attention on Father's Day to be difficult.
Or, there are Dads who have a child who is distant, and this is a tough time.
My Dad is right at 95 years old, and our relationship is really good.
But I remember once, when I was a youth minister, talking to a young man about God, and using a parallel ... "It's like when your earthly father..." and this kid interrupted me and very angrily stated "If God is anything like my old man, I don't want anything to do with Him!"
It hit me that not everybody has a good relationship with their fathers.
How bout you?
There are those who lost their Dad in the previous year, and this will be their first year without him.
There are those whose Dad is still living, but there's a remoteness, or even a division or separation, and it makes the attention on Father's Day to be difficult.
Or, there are Dads who have a child who is distant, and this is a tough time.
My Dad is right at 95 years old, and our relationship is really good.
But I remember once, when I was a youth minister, talking to a young man about God, and using a parallel ... "It's like when your earthly father..." and this kid interrupted me and very angrily stated "If God is anything like my old man, I don't want anything to do with Him!"
It hit me that not everybody has a good relationship with their fathers.
How bout you?
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