Father's Day

  In a world where the importance of fathers is underestimated I'd like to thank every man out there who loves his children well. To every daddy who sacrifices his time to play one more game of Operation, to inflate a bicycle tire, to play catch, and to sit patiently while a wide eyed little girl styles your hair...thank you! Thank you for every bed time prayer, every hour spent on Algebra homework, every heart to heart talk. You aren't just imprinting the heart of your child, you are impacting our world. Bearing the responsibility of providing for a leading a family is not easy. Your strong and broad shoulders carry a heavy load. In the eyes of your little ones you are brave and strong, you are loving and wise, you are fun and adventurous. When they make mistakes, as children often do, you correct their disobedience and then gather them up in your arms. They sleep peacefully at night knowing that nothing can harm them because nothing can get by daddy. When you love this way you model for them part of the character of their heavenly father. When children grow up knowing the love of an earthly father they adopt that same view of their heavenly father. You make a difference every day! Happy Father's Day.