Nurturing commitment

What if instead of men pursuing dreams of building bigger kingdoms and bigger castles they decided to pursue the dream of investing in children? What if instead of looking at their financial portfolio's every week they instead began looking into the lives of their children? What if men thought more like farmer's where after planting the seeds of children they watched over their fields like farmer's? What if as farmer's they nurtured those fields until those seeds of children are ready to bloom? What if men showered those seeds of children with a daily dose of love and affection much like farmer's water their fields? What if men were to be truly committed to their wives refusing to allow their eyes to wander in search of temptation? What if men nurtured those wives with love and affection like the farmer watches over his field?

All along the pathway of life there are carcasses of men who had failed in their job of being the protectors of their families. Their pursuit of the wrong things in life has lead to the slaughter of innocent children who by no fault of their own became fatherless. Like a seed in a poorly irrigated field they die from lack of love and affection.

Men are pursuing the wrong dreams because they do not know the creator of those dreams. Instead of turning to the very source of those dreams they turn to the dreams created by other men. Instead of attending a weekly worship service with their wife and children they choose to stay home and participate in mindless activities that do not encourage them to invest in their wife and children.

The reality as we approach the end times is that the infrastructure which men have spent a lifetime in creating is about to come crashing down like a proverbial house of cards.

Men who have retired will not tell you how they had wished they had worked harder, earn more money, or went after that final promotion. On the contrary these men will tell you how they had wished they had spent more time with their family.

Where are you at this point in life? Are you pursuing dreams that will only lead to the death of your children, or are you, like the farmer, investing in the lives of your family through your daily love and affection and the investment of time?

God gave us the perfect model to help us become the best father's we can be to our family. He gave us an awesome user's manual called the bible to give us the wisdom to be those good father's. If you are pursuing empty dreams it is not too late to make a U turn. It is not too late to turn on the love and affection spigot and shower your family. Your family will forgive you because like the proverbial seed of a child in the field they will now thrive.

Happy Father's day!