The Word of God teaches us to honor our father and mother. Taht is not too difficult when you have a father who is responsbile and a mother who is caring. However, what happens when you grow up without a father in your home? Although you might respect and honor your mother on one hand, the feelings you have toward your father might be quite different.
David Blankenhorn in his book, "Fatherless America: Confronting Our Most Urgent Social Problem," said, "Fatherlessness is the most destructive trend of our generation." This should come as no surprise to us. God said that many, many years ago as He spoke through the Prophet Malachi.
"Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet befoe the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a cruse," Malachi 4:5-6.
The implication of these verses is, that from God's perspective, the fundamental problem with mankind is the fatherless problem. Fatherhood is the foundation from which the family is established. Fatherhood sets in motion the order which God instituted from the beginning of creation. Everything hinges on fatherhood, the results of which can have a positive or negative impact.
In my book, Father Force, Changing The World One Life At A Time, I share some helpful principles that I have learned along my journey, that I believe will help any father be a better father. Not that I have perfected the art of fatherhood...but I have learned how to face the struggles and acknowlege my failures and keep pursing the high call of The Father Force.
The Father Force
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