Today in Psalm 8 we hear that
we are made a little lower than the angels
Fathers help with the work of God.
May every father aspire to that high calling,
be it biological, adoptive, or blended family.
We call God Father as did Jesus.
We don't know how Jesus and Joseph related.
Could the depth of Jesus’s relationship with the God
whom he called Father be related to his
love and devotion to the man who raised him?
No human father is perfect
All human fathers make mistakes
We may have an uneasy relationship
Looking back, we may have not treated our own fathers well.
The guides are less clear for fathers
Forgiveness applies to parents too.
Those of us who are parents
may do well to seek forgiveness.
In Proverbs we read that
“My child, if your soul is wise
my heart shall be glad.”
May we hear echoes of a father
telling us, that they are proud of us.
May our minds wander in time
may we recapture some sense of our fathers
May our senses be a good guide.
It may be a touch, a sound, a scent.
Often memory is stirred by activity.
“Let’s have a catch” becomes sacramental.
“Let’s go for a drive” is an
invitation to adventure.
In an uncertain world, all fatherhood
is a journey into uncharted territory.
Thank you, dear God, Father God,
that you guide and accompany us,
we do not journey on our onw.
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