For many the word Father is a word that brings pain, anger, and a whole world of negative emotions and memories they wish could be forgotten, or memories that never were. For them they remember a Father who was absent, a Father who they could never quite measure up to, a Father who was abusive, or one who was neglectful. For them Father’s Day is a Day they’d soon forget, and sometimes some even wonder why the day exists at all.

Please know that you aren’t alone, and though the thought seems foreign, our Heavenly Father truly loves you. He is a Father to the Fatherless, a Father that will never abuse, neglect, or abandon you. He is the One True Father.

I pray that the fatherless would find Fathers within the body of Christ, to protect, guide, teach, and love you the way a Father should, and where possible for reconciliation and forgiveness to occur, but where reconciliation is not possible the grace, healing, and ability to move past the pain. I pray that you will find that love you have been so desperately searching for in the arms of the Heavenly Father, and that your heart will be opened up to Him. He will never leave you, nor forsake you. I also pray for those Father’s that have been the source of the pain. I pray that Jesus draws you to Himself, and that the children will have a Father that they desire to follow.