Pa's to remember

Today is Father's Day.  Which means there has been a run on a random assortment of things.  Do people still get ties?

A little aside.  Why do the people who seem the most driven have the most children?  How do they have the time?  Also a lot of people involved in ministry leadership seem to have a lot of children.  Is that so they can fill up the church wherever they go?

Men like to be noticed.  That is a good thing because children notice them.  Nothing taken from moms, but one hears about family struggle with no father in the house.  A father is supposed to be an example.  To a son, teach the boy to be a man.  To a daughter, show her the type of man she needs.

There is probably some saying out there about how it takes only a second to become a father, but it takes a lifetime to be a father.  If not, then I will take credit for it.  I think it is true.  Fatherhood is a responsibility.  Think of it like duty.  A father signed up because it is a cause he believes in.

The good news is that fathers do not have to perfect.  I know I am far from being a perfect father.  As fathers, we need to show perfect love.  From what I am reading, if the father makes a lot of mistakes, but still loves the child then an award winning  book will be written.  Joy and Ava, how about 60/40?

So fathers, dads, pops, paters, baby daddies, the old men, we can stand a little straighter and know that we have those who love us.  That is half the battle.  The other half is showing them we love them.