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Last Updated: Feb 6, 2017 - 2:32:04 PM |
 Who are you? A daddy or a father?
It’s during these times that religious leaders both near and far seeks to write nice, philosophical articles about the event at hand; thereby displaying to the world their penmanship and supposedly their deep spiritual insights.
Be that as it may, penmanship and religious / spiritual insight is the least of concern to the wayward gun toting young men that’s contemplating a criminal act. The reality is, we’ve got a country that’s in crisis and it’s up to us (Fathers) to get a firm grip on our families; especially our young men.
Whiles it is always good to acknowledge and celebrate fathers as they fulfill their duties of fatherhood; we’ve gotten to the point whereby we see no distinction between a father and that of a daddy.
This ignorance and the acceptance thereof is so well received in that even the church / the moral compass; during its Father’s Day services / celebrations seeks to acknowledge and reward the men that has the most children. Notwithstanding that these men might have some ten to twenty-plus children with several different women of whom they’ve not supported.
With their heads high in the air and chest stuck out these men proudly stands before the church as they are honored by the congregation that applause and shouts unto these sperm donors’ “Happy Father’s Day”
For a few moments let’s just highlight this word Father, its meaning and the role of a father.
Father: in the Hebrew is the word ('ab, awb); means: chief, or principal.
Father: in the Greek is the word (pater, pat-ayr'); which means: father or parent.
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In the home where there is a Father and Mother present; the father is the chief, despite the fact that he might not be the most educated, the most organized or religiously saved person in the home; as long as he’s there, he is the symbol of authority.
The father is the one of whose shoulders lies the responsibility of protecting, providing for, nurturing and leading the family. The father can be liken to that of a thermostat which sets the temperature / atmosphere of the home both spiritually and naturally.
Whereas the Mother’s role can be liken to that of a thermometer; she assists the father / thermostat by ensuring that the temperature / rules of the home is maintained as the father has set it. Being a father is one of greatest assignment that a man will have in life; for this man carries in his loins the seed that has the potential to positively or negatively impact the world.
Eighty five percent of our young men that’s criminally wreaking havoc throughout the length and breath of he Bahamas are the result or the byproducts of the absentee father syndrome.
Likewise, sixty five percent of today’s fathers are also byproducts of the same syndrome; therefore as a nation we’re tagged with a problem that nobody wants to seriously address and deal with because we are to macho.
The first approach / step in the restoration process of fatherhood; is for us ( Fathers ) to real with ourselves and stop pretending that we’ve got it all together, especially when we congregate at a religious gathering of men or some other event. And with wisdom let those men / fathers at the gathering know that we’ve had or maybe still dealing with the very same challenges that they’re facing today.
It is a father’s job to affirm and validate his children (especially) the male seed due to life’s challenges that lies ahead for that young man. If the world’s greatest leader; our Lord and Savior, Yeshuwa Messiah (a.k.a. Jesus the Christ) had to be affirmed and validated by His Father before he began his great work; how much more do you think that we and our children needs to be affirmed?
The affirmation of His, Father:
Matt.3:16. And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
: 17. And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
The transfiguration:
Matt.17:5. While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
Please, let’s stop playing games and jumping through the same religious hoops every year when it come to the Father’s Day celebration. For nobody knows like you do, if you’ve being a father or a daddy to your children.
If you’ve been just a daddy, it’s never too late to shift into the gear of fatherhood as you step up to the plate as FATHER to your children. So that next year we all can truly join hands in the spirit of joy as we celebrate Father’s Day
Happy Father’s Day: Fathers
For questions or comments contact us via pastormallen@yahoo.com or kmfci@live.com or Ph.1-242-441-2021
Pastors Matthew & Brendalee Allen
Kingdom Minded Fellowship Center Int’l
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