Good Morning, God
Would it be to bold, brash and irreverent to say "Happy Father's Day" to you, Lord? This is the weekend we are celebrating your gift of fatherhood to us; and we especially celebrate on Sunday, your day anyway, your "Lord's Day".
So we want to thank you for fathering your son, Jesus. Thank you for sharing him with us, physically, for thirty-three years. Thank you for sharing him with us spiritually, for eternity. Thank you that through Jesus you have shown us how to be fathers and sons, how to teach and obey, how to love and sacrifice, how to be born and how to die.
Our Father who art in heaven, would you give us earthly fathers your special heavenly blessing this day and always? Lord, we men down here do so much need your help and guidance. Sometimes it is like the blind leading the blind down here. We end up usually being and doing what we were taught and shown by our fathers, if we were blessed to have one around. Unfortunately Lord, not all fathers have stuck around. Not all fathers are nice fathers and good teachers. Lord, send your mercy to all fathers each day. Give them grace to love, courage to accept their responsibilities, and wisdom to raise their children to be like your own son, Lord.
In Jesus name, Amen
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