A Father to the Fatherless!

<< Psalm 68:5 >>
A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.

Growing up with an absentee father was hard, harmful, confusing, and painful. It affected me in ways I never even realized. Those of you who have went through the same experience no what I am talking about. My life went something like this..... Feelings of worthlessness, rejection, being unlovable, acting out with using drugs and alcohol. Trying to find love in men and all in the wrong ways. Abuse somehow seemed normal to me as if I thought deep down I deserved it. The way I responded to people was tainted by my poor self image and many insecurities that came from a broken relationship with my father. So any other relationship I tried to have started out broken before it ever had a chance.

... Sounds like a tragedy doesn't it? It is in fact a tragedy when daddy's don't know how to or simply refuse to be a daddy to their children. I however am no longer one of those statistics of a fatherless home. I am no longer a victim of circumstance and I am no longer fatherless. PRAISE GOD!!!! HE IS MY FATHER!!!!! He has embraced me and He is raising me! He is teaching what a father really is and giving me the guidance and discipline and direction I need in my life! He is loving me and showing me my value, my worth in His eyes. He has not left me fatherless! And to all those who may see today as painfully numbing I would like to say there is One who can love you like no other and who will bind up your heart and give you love that you have never known and at the depths which you know exist within you but didn't think anybody could ever reach. HE IS A FATHER TO THE FATHERLESS. Ask Him to embrace you today!!!

Written by:

Tami G. Theurer, SE Contributor