Dad, a three letter word just like God, but dad is not God. Because God made dad but dad can't make God. Dad is one of the most important person in the family aside from mom. Without dad, a family is never complete. If the mother is the light in the home, the father is the post to make the family stand firm together, live together, stays together. He is one person who defends the family no matter how strong the storms may come. He is the one that help channeling his child to the right directions to become better and greater person, or mold them who they become later in life as adults. He is the one who pick you up when you stumble and fall and tells you to try again. Daddy or a father is one great gift that God has given to man. Just to think of a family or children without a father's image in the house. Some may have lost their dad early in their age or their parents got separated. There's something lacking in the way the child grow up. Most of them have the feeling of deprivation from a father's love or care, as mom's love is different from a father's love. But both are essential part of a child's growing up stage.
I once talked to a young dad that I have interviewed regarding child population, he said that, his day starts early morning when his son wakes up to kiss and hug him before he get up from bed. The day is not complete with him, without knowing that his son is safe and free from illness. He doesn't care how hard he would toil the whole days work and away from home for many hours. As long as at the end of the day when he get home and his son came by the door with his mom, giving him the sweetest and infectious smiles a child could ever give, that's the best compensation he could ever ask for from God. The joy of being a father to his son is something that he will never regret and forget. That is what a father means to him.
To some dad, wealth is not much the priority in the eyes of a loving, responsible, caring father. It's the love for his family that made him move to provide for his family's needs by performing even some tough job to earn a living. What is important they live together as one happy family even just in a simple living way.
Being a father its not only limited to providing foods, clothing and shelter for the family, he also have responsibility to nurture his child to a most Godly manner and not ill mannered. Parenting and fathering is not an easy task but with God centered home, its not impossible
Being a dad is a life time responsibility and commitment. Parenting is a gift that we should receive wholeheartedly no matter how big the responsibility. Remember, you were also once a child and your dad has done his part sincerely without regrets.
Whatever I have mentioned above are not limited to that opinion only, on how or what a father is. We may have an endless opinions and ideas about what a father is all about, so I challenge you to share your idea being a father or what a father means to you. You have all the chances to share more on what father means on the comments section below. But before I close this diary post I just have some questions for you to ponder on.
Can I ask you now, after reading this diary post? Are you happy that you're a father? Or did you ever think that you wish you weren't dad yet? What kind of a daddy are you? Will your child be happy and proud that you are his /her dad? If you think you have not done your part yet being a good dad, there's still chance to be the best one. If you're a son or daughter, give time to kiss and hug your dad today. You dont need to go to the mall to buy it, just extend your arms wide open and go closee to your dad and tell him how much you love him before its too late. And also give a big hug and kiss to your mom for choosing your dad above the rest. Aren't you lucky you have both your mom and dad, while others have none? God is so good.
Happy father's Day to all MSian dad and granddad!
God bless everyone.
angel_ babe55
