Father’s Day is one of those days that may be tender for some. Social media often makes it look like everyone else has been dealt a better hand in the family department, when the truth is that there is no perfect family. However, some families are more dysfunctional than others and the reality is there are many broken hearts longing to be fathered the way God intended when He created family.

If this is you, please know that God has been there with you from the beginning. He is intimately familiar with every detail of your life and has already made provision for the healing and wholeness of your heart. As trite as it may sound, God is a good, good Father. He SEES you. He KNOWS you. He LOVES you. He DELIGHTS in you. He is PROUD of you. He CHAMPIONS you. He FIGHTS for you. He DEFENDS you. And if any (or all) of those are missing from your experience with your own earthly father, your Heavenly Father desires to and is committed to filling in the gap with more and more of Himself. Just climb up on God’s lap and ask Him to show you the truth about these promises:

❤️”I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.” 2 Corinthains 6:18

❤️”Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me.” Psalm‬ ‭27:10‬

❤️“A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families…” Psalm‬ ‭68:5-6‬

❤️”See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!” 1 John‬ ‭3:1‬