Happy Father's Day

Confusing title? Yep. Mostly cuz it's nowhere near Father's Day. But let me explain. This is just my feelings for the day, because I feel I need to write them down. Enjoy :)

So I was doing my devos today, when all of a sudden I just had this great urge to talk to my dad. This is not really me. Don't get me wrong, I love my dad. He showed me what it means to be a man, how to work hard, how to save money, along with so many other things. I am far from perfect on all of these things, but I would like to think that my dad is one of the biggest influences on my life. Anyways, I don't usually get the urge to talk to my dad. I have lived on my own since I was 17, so I am a very independent person. My dad and I talk, but I don't usually miss him or have urges to talk to him. I don't know why today was different.

It may help to know that my dad is not a Christian. He was raised in a Christian home, but I suppose he just fell away from it, like so many people do as they grow older.

So, as my heart was heavy for him today, I got the very strong urge to just call and talk to him. So I did. He was so excited to hear from me. When I say so excited, I mean like ecstatic. My dad, like most men in their 40's and 50's, is not really that emotional, because that generation grew up where it was not really that acceptable for men to show emotions like pain or fear or sadness. They are men, and they don't show these emotions, because that is feminine (realize that I don't believe that, I just say it because it is true. A lot of older men just don't show these emotions, at least in my life). Anyways, he was, to use a modern term, stoked to hear from me. It made me feel great joy to know that my dad missed me too.

There are two things I want to pull from this. First, if you feel you need to call, text, email, FB message or any other form of communication someone, tell them you miss them or love them, DO IT! Seriously, it could make their day or week or month. I know this is a bit sappy, but I have no doubt that whoever it is on your heart would love to hear from you.

Second, since this is a blog about how to glorify God, I want to add that God is our eternal Father. Glorify Him for and in everything. Whether that means you praise Him that you have an amazing earthly dad or that you glorify Him even in times of death and suffering, DO IT! He is the only one you can go to with everything, and He will understand you. He will comfort you. He will break you. He will heal you. He will, in both short and long, love you.

What this means for me today: To glorify God with my life today, I praise God that I have an amazing earthly dad. He is an example, a mentor, a hero in my life. I glorify Him by loving my dad on earth, by honouring my dad on earth, by praying for my dad on earth, by interceding for my dad on earth. I glorify Him with my life so that by my love, my dad might know what true love is, and that he might be saved.

To glorify God...