As I checked the news and a few other Blogs this morning I came across a very well written article entitled: "Everyone Say it Loudly: We Need Men." It is a well written article and it will be worth your time to read it.
Here are the opening paragraphs:
"My father gave me what too many girls nowadays ruin themselves
for lacking: A strong, loving, steady masculine presence. It’s
inconceivable what I would be like without him. So, before I explain why
my dad’s story is bigger than us, let me brag on him a little. It’s
Father’s Day weekend, after all.
Dad’s presence in my life kept me safe from many things my girlfriends put themselves through in frantic search of a man’s love. And my dad’s love was tangible, more acted out than spoken. He didn’t just say he loved us. His life repeatedly proved it. I never worried where my next meal would come from, because my father woke in the wee hours of many mornings to toil in sandy Wisconsin fields and breathe asthma-inducing corn dust as he fixed and re-fixed the grain bins. I’ve been lucky enough to marry the first man I’ve ever kissed (although not the first I dated). I didn’t feel much pressure to let guys touch me, or even date around before I was ready, because my dad not only gave boys those guard-dog looks and those looks let me know he considered me too precious to give out easily. He didn’t have to say it. He just had to look it. Maturity has opened my eyes to see that dad’s steady, loving pressure saved me from so many kinds of confusion and pain in romantic relationships. That’s what dads are supposed to do, of course, but it’s the exceptional man who fulfills his duty."
Read the complete article HERE.
Praying for the Father's in our Church Family to be the men we need,
Pastor Mike
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