Real Dads Show Up

"Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it." Proverbs 22:6 (NLT)

If you want your family, you have to invest in your family. Being a godly father is more than paying bills or handing out discipline. It's showing up. It's going to the ball games, the recitals, the dance shows that take hours for a 10-second appearance because that 10 seconds matters to your child. It’s putting in the time when they’re young so they’ll respect your voice when they’re older.

You’re not just raising kids. You’re guarding treasure.

Your family is the most priceless thing God has entrusted to you, and the enemy knows it. That’s why he aims straight for your home. But you're called to be a family man. A Monuments Man. That means stepping into the battlefield and assessing the damage after the bombs hit. Maybe your family’s taken a few blows. Maybe it doesn’t look like what it used to. But your job isn’t to run. Your job is to go in and see what’s left. Because God can rebuild from what’s left. He can restore what’s been shaken.

A family man isn’t passive. He asks questions. He knows who his daughter is dating. He knows his son’s friends, his kids’ teachers, and what’s happening at school. And when he sees something off, he speaks up. Even if it’s not popular. Even if it means saying, “Go change that outfit,” or, “We don’t act like that in this house.”

That’s love. That’s leadership. Your children don’t need a perfect dad. They need a present one. One who dances at the Father-Daughter Dance. One who takes them fishing. One who holds the line when everything else in culture says, “Let them go.”

So be positive. Be involved. Be available. Your presence speaks louder than any sermon you’ll ever preach. Because when the battle hits, and it will, your role is to stand, protect, and repair. You are guarding a legacy. 

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