The Dad Concept

While working on my Father’s Day talk, I was thinking of all the different situations people face with dads. While some see Dad as a really great, loving guy, many struggle with the very concept. A history of anger, abuse, or abandonment can really mess with someone’s feelings toward dad. Then that gets attributed to God, making him the great ogre in the sky. I think that’s an epic failure.

If the person struggling with dad is a guy, chances are he will be a dad sometime. Then the fun begins. Unless he gets the idea of father sorted out, he may not do real well trying to be one.

So now I have my assignment. I really want to help men get dad right. But it’s going to take some work. I think it best starts with God. If we get the father who is in heaven right, we can be a better father who is on earth. The Bible gives us a lot of material on God as the best father we can imagine. And he offers his Holy Spirit to help us grasp it and heal us where we’ve been messed up.

In order to be a good dad we need a good dad. God can be that. And he provides people with skin on to make up for lost dads.

God has helped me big time by showing me what he is really like and giving me some great role models of dad. I want to be one of those examples.

How about you? What’s your dad concept? Let God improve it. And connect with a father who is on earth. Make it a better Father’s Day.