As we celebrate Father’s Day weekend, we pay tribute to the fathers in our congregation for what they are and what they do to keep our families going.
We live in an age when the family is under siege and the role of the father is diminished and downplayed.
We however affirm and validate that the father is the most important cog in this wheel of the home because it is the father who is its spiritual leader. It is the father’s responsibility to lead, guide, protect and provide for the members of the family. When the father fails in the tasks, the home crumbles and falls.
The enemy knows this and so he has focused his fury on the home because the home is the basic unit of the church and society and as the family and the home go, 90 go the nation and the church. And he has concentrated his attacks on the fathers of the home because he also knows that as the father goes, so goes the home.
So, to the fathers, we say thank you for all you do. We respect, appreciate, value and love you for who you are and what you do. And we pray that the Lord blesses you as you continue to faithfully carry on your God-given tasks. Following is a poem for fathers.
A DAD IS
A Dad is respected,
because he gives his children leadership.
A Dad is appreciated,
because he gives his children care.
A Dad is valued,
because he gives his children time.
A Dad is loved.
because he gives his children the one thing
they treasure most – himself.
Happy Father’s Day.