The Love of the Father



A dream coming true that his sons should become better than himself as far as success in career and earnings is concerned. Sadly, my father died in 1975 when I was in my last year of school. When I think about him now, he was a quiet man who enjoyed listening to classical music and opera, enjoyed woodworking and made a desk for me which my daughter is now using.

God gave David a promise that He would build him a sure house — an everlasting kingdom that would be established forever. And through all of David's testings, sins and disgrace, God's purpose was not hindered. Even when shame was heaped on David by his own family and sons, he held onto God's promise and wouldn't let go. Our Heavenly Father loves each of us like there is only one of us.

He has also taught me the power of love and faith. What I loved about him was that he supported my interests and activities (electronics!) as he as was an engineer. I wished I had developed a stronger communication and bond with him in my teenage years – but that is easy to say now that my adolescent years are past. The original plan was that both parents would creatively weave their different ways of loving into a tapestry of knitted emotions, verbal expressions, affectionate displays, and intellectual harmony. There would be no competition, nor lack of love from either side. This type of loving would create a family chemistry that would ride through the roughest storms and sail over the darkest clouds.

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.

Every single decision “Daddy-man” has made and he continues to make, is with his daughter’s best interest in mind. He has sacrificed so much of his own life to make sure he gives his daughter what she needs to thrive in the world. While you may know of a lot of single, handsome guys out to impress the ladies with their sports cars or with the latest trend of the day, a new car isn’t even a thought in his mind. This particular dad puts his daughter and her welfare as the top priority on his list of importance, above anyone and anything else. The baby soon began to crawl and then she toddled and then she walked, and when she first said “daddy”, his world was turned upside down with pride! She soon began calling her father “Daddy-man”, a name that stuck throughout her young childhood years, and which even today, as he’s reading this, I’m sure still brings tears of love to his eyes.

Because I did not know my Heavenly Father I did not see Him for who He truly is. For me, I would say GOD IS MY FATHER. I see God as a protective, wise, LOVING, Father who is the perfect balance of love and pure devotion and wise discipline. It’s the sweetest thing to be a parent of a daughter. When they hit their twenties, they become these lovebugs that come back. The reason I am bad at cooking is my father always appreciated the dish I prepared, and I believed him.

God’s wonderful blessings to you and your family this Father’s Day. These quotes are the perfect way to tell your dad "I love you," whether it's on June 19, or just because. After all, dads deserve just as much love and admiration on any given Tuesday as they do on their special day.

"When I come home, my daughter will run to the door and give me a big hug, and everything that's happened that day just melts away." When we encounter His love, it is an experiential and felt thing. That could be being filled with a rush of peace or experiencing Him in your emotions. God interacts with many of us through our hearts and our feelings. Sarah’s family was radically transformed when her parents encountered the love of God in her teen years.

"No truer words were ever spoken than those of 'I love you' from a father to a son." "A father may only be a dad for a little while, but he is a son's hero forever." A father and son have their own special relationship.

Why FAMILY do we think of loving fatherhood in mothering terms? Is it because we attribute tenderness and affectionate actions to being feminine rather than just being loving? Fathers are not made with the extra soft cushion of fat under the skin like mothers have. Nevertheless, fathers do have other body parts mothers have. They have arms, legs, eyes, lips, and ears that all are needed for the act of loving. Fathers also have brains that, according to research, have the same ability as mothers have to think, feel pain, laugh, and cry.

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