Faith of the Fatherless

“While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them,

and a voice from the cloud said,
‘This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!’”
Matthew 17:5 (NIV)
“The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone,
for I always do what pleases him.”
John 8:29 (NIV)

R
ecently I read a book the high number of very in- Perhaps today we parents
(Faith of the father- fluential thinkers who deny need to tell our children
less: The Psychology God who also had a poor we are well pleased with
of Atheism) written by a image growing up of what them. Certainly many fine
professor of psychology in a father ought to be. mothers and fathers I know
which he examined several do exactly that again and
major thinkers who denied A wonderful set of verses again even with their adult
a personal God. All of them are the ones I chose for children. I do not believe
had a broken relation- today. We grow spiritu- we will overdo it as parents
ship with their own father ally as we meditate on the if we tell our children we
through death, neglect or relationship between the love them regularly, even
abuse. Father and the Son. The Fa- daily if the child still lives
ther publicly confessed His at home.
The same professor of love for Jesus and told the
psychology then looked at Today would be a good
disciples to listen to Him.
several highly influential day to tell your parents or
people in history who did For His part, Jesus ex- children how much you
believe in a personal God pressed His obedience to love them and why you
and found they all had a the Father and indicated love them. Share your love
warm and satisfying rela- His appreciation for the for your family with them
tionship with their fathers Father’s constant presence today. Do it in words as
while growing up. with Him. well as actions. The growth
in your relationship from
Certainly some people who We earthly fathers all know this will bless all of you. It
had abusive fathers have we cannot be perfect as our is the godly thing to do.
grown up to love their Fa- Father in heaven is perfect
ther in heaven. Also some but we still seek that per- © Rumford Ministries 2013
children who had loving fection that we see in the www.RumfordMinistries.org
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fathers have grown up to relationship between the
deny the God of their par- Father and Jesus.
ents. What is fascinating is