We tend to get emotional on Father’s Day. Many of us have already left the shell of our father's body at the cemetery, caressing precious moments ever swelling our hearts. But others are blessed to have their fathers with them today. The Apostle Paul gave fathers in the Church at Ephesus instructions on being a godly father.
Ephesians 6:4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
My Dad didn’t provoke me to wrath, he just put the “fear” in me --- maybe when I was a toddler --- the “fear” that I’d better do what he said or there would be unpleasant consequences. Well, I also saw the whippings my stubborn sister Ruthie got.
There are no perfect fathers, except our Heavenly Father, and He wants to make them godly fathers. The makings of a godly father is to put the Lord first, wife second, and then the children. That will help them bring children up “ in the nurture and admonition of the Lord”.
