Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there. This is the first Father’s Day for me without my patriarch who loved his family, loved farming, but probably most of all, he loved his Lord and Savior. He instilled into his 6 kids that love and I will be forever grateful for that.
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. ~ Proverbs 22:6
My dad also liked to fish and did so more often in his later years, especially with my mom. They always had a sweet competition to see who would catch the first fish, the biggest fish, and the most fish.
Dad always did his best to take care of his family and to comfort us when we were hurt. Even when it meant shutting down the harvest for a few hours in a difficult and trying harvest season to visit me in the hospital. This is something a great father does for his loved family.
But now he has passed and I am comforted knowing that he is now a child of God and with God. And so I have come to enjoy this photo of my dad when he was just a child growing up.
But most of all I want to wish my Father in heaven a Happy Father’s Day and I pray each day that I will be obedient and faithful to your way to to keep your Son Jesus close to me. Happy Father’s Day God. You are the best father a person could ever have.
