Dear David----i too dear sir needed the Lords grace to repent of bitterness toward my human father...He gave me the grace to repent and forgive.....Fathers Day can be very difficult time for me
but i did my best not to make same mistakes my dear human father did....i never knew him except 2 short times i met him at Greyhound bus depot as he was passing through.....after being paralyzed and going through rehab and finally being healthy enough to learn to drive and i got a Van i was prepared to take my family to Wyoming to see my dear human father....but he passed away a week later as we were preparing to drive there...i know my mom left him for being alchoholic and i became like him that way too until Christ Delivered me.....i was married 40 years to the Bride of my youth...but she only tolerated christianity but held on to catholic roots which include in Philippines white majic for her mother was the village "witch doctor"....then she found very rich pilipina women and when they heard i told my wife the catholic or RC faith is closer to cult than truly following Christ and His word they said i had been messing with her mind and she chose her friends and the seductive slanderous words they told her about me....and she began to hate me and i said i dont want her to feel like a prisoner being around me so i abided in her wishes to legally separate from me...not sure why she did not divorce me?....sorry if i drifted into rabbit trails.....misssing Fathers can give children two strikes against them as far as mentoring what a good growing relationship is with your mother?...hope i did not talk too much friend...but i agree with your assessment of missing Fathers ...bless you and your family and ministry all to the Glory of Christ in Jesus name amen
Dear David----i too dear sir needed the Lords grace to repent of bitterness toward my human father...He gave me the grace to repent and forgive.....Fathers Day can be very difficult time for me
but i did my best not to make same mistakes my dear human father did....i never knew him except 2 short times i met him at Greyhound bus depot as he was passing through.....after being paralyzed and going through rehab and finally being healthy enough to learn to drive and i got a Van i was prepared to take my family to Wyoming to see my dear human father....but he passed away a week later as we were preparing to drive there...i know my mom left him for being alchoholic and i became like him that way too until Christ Delivered me.....i was married 40 years to the Bride of my youth...but she only tolerated christianity but held on to catholic roots which include in Philippines white majic for her mother was the village "witch doctor"....then she found very rich pilipina women and when they heard i told my wife the catholic or RC faith is closer to cult than truly following Christ and His word they said i had been messing with her mind and she chose her friends and the seductive slanderous words they told her about me....and she began to hate me and i said i dont want her to feel like a prisoner being around me so i abided in her wishes to legally separate from me...not sure why she did not divorce me?....sorry if i drifted into rabbit trails.....misssing Fathers can give children two strikes against them as far as mentoring what a good growing relationship is with your mother?...hope i did not talk too much friend...but i agree with your assessment of missing Fathers ...bless you and your family and ministry all to the Glory of Christ in Jesus name amen