Journey of the Heart ~♥~

The third Sunday in June is the day set apart to celebrate and honor Fathers.

"Honor your father and mother"—which is the first commandment with a promise—" Ephesians 6:2.

Let us take this day to honor our fathers and remember we also have a Heavenly Father who is there regardless of whether we have our earthly father in our lives or not. Our Heavenly Father will never leave nor forsake us. He is there in our time of need. He is a father to the fatherless!

"A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling." Psalm 68:5

Every child, young and old, wants to be the apple of their father's eye...to be Daddy's little girl or boy. Every child wants a father they can admire...a father that will nourish and protect them.

For some of us, Fatherhood, from our earthly experience, may not have been as wonderful as God intended. For others it was beautiful, but is only a memory now with their passing.

Others have never known fatherhood at all. For those not so blessed, there is a Father that is always there for us, never judges us, and loves us more than anyone.

"Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?" Matthew 15:26

"How excellent [is] thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings." Psalm 36:7

"I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings." Psalm 61:4