14 Thursday Feb 2013
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Make sure to wish your spouse or partner or boyfriend or girlfriend a Happy Valentines Day. Also make sure you include your child or children in some way today.
02 Saturday Feb 2013
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This is from the last scene of the movie Courageous. It is very heart felt to hear and as a father of 4 kids, it makes me think very hard about my life and my kids life.
“I now believe that God desires for every father. To courageously step up and do whatever it takes, to be involved in the lives of his children. But more than just being there providing for them, he’s to walk with them through their long lives and be a visual representation of the character of God, their father in heaven.
A father should love his children and seek to win their hearts. He should protect them, discipline them, and teach them about God. He should model how to walk with integrity and treat others with respect, and should call out his children to become responsible men and women who love their lives for what matters in eternity.
Some men will hear this and mock it, or ignore it. But I tell you that as a father, you are accountable to God for the position of influence He has given you. You can’t fall asleep at the wheel, only to wake up one day and realize that your job or your hobbies have no eternal value, but the souls of your children do. Some men will hear this and agree with it but have no resolve to live it out. Instead they will live for themselves and waste the opportunity to leave a godly legacy for the next generation.
But there are some men, who regardless of the mistakes we’ve made in the past, regardless of what our fathers did not do for us, will give the strength of our arms and the rest of our days to loving God with all that we are and to teach our children to do the same, and whenever possible, to love and mentor others who have no father in their lives, but who desperately need help and direction. And we are inviting any man whose heart is willing and courageous to join us in this resolution.
In my home the decision has already been made. You don’t have to ask who will guide my family, because by God’s grace, I will. You don’t have to ask who will teach my son (or/and daughter) to follow Christ because I will. Who will accept the responsibility of providing for and protecting my family? I will. Who will ask God to break the chain of destructive patterns in my family’s history? I will. Who will pray for and bless my children to boldly pursue whatever God calls them to do? I am their father…I will. I accept this responsibility, and it is my privilege to embrace it.
I want the favor of God and His blessing on my home. Any good man does. So where are you men of courage? Where are you, fathers who fear the Lord? It’s time to rise up and answer the call God has given you, and to say I will, I will, I will!”
04 Monday Jun 2012
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First of all, since last week was a week after a major holiday and the start of baseball season for my son T I was not able to find time to write on my blog. This is why I named my blog “Life of a Busy Dad”. T’s team is doing very good this year. After 4 at-bats, he has 1 run, 3 walks, and an RBI as his team is 1-1.
Now everything is getting back to our normal routine, I have to share this picture with you. This is a picture of a wall in my kitchen by the night-light (The White bowl). I helped Busy Mom paint the kitchen a few weeks ago and she found this saying at a store while she was getting the paint.
“Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much”
This saying has three awesome approaches to life in just one saying. Let me explain to you what I mean.
“Live Well” – This is telling me we need to live a healthy life style and not just by exercising and eating the right food. Live your life to the fullest is what I live my life by in every aspect.
“Laugh Often” – This is self-explanatory. Have fun and think of the positives of life and don’t get caught up in the depression and negatives of the world. Laughing will make the world a better place and it will also keep you healthier in the aspect of your mind. Smiling and laughing always make everyone feel better about themselves and everyone around them if it is used with the next part of the saying. “Love”
“Love Much” – To me this is the most important part of the saying. We need to live with love and keep hate, anger, as well as being nasty out of our lives. It will also keep us to a better mood as to will keep everyone around us in one too. Love is a very powerful emotion that can make the world a better place as well as it could bring peace to the world.
So if you live a well-rounded life with laughing and smiling and keep love in your hearts, then you can help start changing the world to be a better place as well as teaching your children to be a positive force in the world instead of a hateful force. Our children learn from our example so pay attention to how you react around people as well as what you say because it might haunt you when your children start acting that way.
22 Tuesday May 2012
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This article was originally written in 8/18/2010 on my other blog http://www.fatherof4.com.
Ever wonder what it means to be a father? Having a child with a woman doesn’t mean a man is done with his part. It’s just the starting point of the journey called fatherhood. Being a father is to be involved in a child’s life even if the father is not married to the mother or a divorce happens. Remember a child needs their father as much as their mother.
A father represents a strong figure in a child’s life. Being a strong figure will keep a child safe and secure from the rest of the world. This is one of many responsibilities that a father has to do for their child. A safe environment will lead a child to a happy life. Other responsibilities include is to teach their child respect for others and show them how to respect the opposite gender when they are old enough. A child will also learn discipline as well as money behaviors from both parents.
A saying that has been passed through many generations is that Boys want to be like their fathers and girls grow up wanting to marry a guy similar to their fathers. Boys tend to treat their fathers as heroes and they will learn to raise their own kids in the same way. Girls will learn how to be treated by guys from the father figure in their lives.
How much a child will learn from their fathers depends on how much time they spend with them as well as if their fathers are a nice person or a mean person to them. Being a father is an adventure and can be the best part of a man’s life as well as the child’s life.
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