Father's Day has changed for me in recent years. My girls are in college these days and my oldest hasn't been home for Father's Day in a few years. This is the first year that both my wife and I haven't had our fathers. Her's passed away last June and mine this past February. Seems a little odd how life changes.
When my girls were little they used to make special cards or gifts for me for Father's Day. They might color me a picture or write a note. But things have changed. Today I'm lucky to get a phone call.
Memories of past years still flow through my mind. I often find myself commenting to my wife that our girls aren't little any more. They both have boyfriends and I soon realize that I will be replaced as the man in their life. For the time being, they still need me and I occasionally find an unfamiliar charge to my credit card.
As simply a steward of my kids lives I realize that God has a purpose for them. My job has simply been to craft their hearts to pursue God and His will for their lives. It's not been nor is my job to mold them into what I want them to become. It's been and continues to be to plant the things of God in them and cultivate their thoughts with the precepts of His Word.
It was God who knit them in their mother's womb. Oh sure I contributed the sperm, but it was God who wove into them their talents, passions, skill sets, personality and vision to accomplish a task specially designed for them. All I did was offer a little genetic material and God did the rest. As a parent, I have had the responsibility to feed, nurture, teach, guide, protect, enlighten, encourage, challenge, and point them toward the path to follow God's leading. Hopefully I haven't screwed up God's purpose and plan for their life or steered them from Him.
God has a plan for each of our lives. He formed us in our mother's womb with that purpose in mind. He injected all the right ingredients for us to fulfill that plan. He sees our whole future before one day of them happens. That ought to say something of our value. But the kicker is will we choose to allow God to truly direct and lead our life to accomplish that unique mission He has for us. That's why seeking Him, His thoughts, His heart, His plan is essential to living a truly fulfilled life.
God, sometimes I question my existence. I wonder why am I here. I don't seem to have a lot of significance according to the world's standards or probably even my own. Yet I know you created me and my life has meaning to you. I just want to be in your will. I just want to accomplish what you placed me here to do. Keep showing me the path to take daily. I'm listening. I'm looking. I'm anticipating.
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