A Entry About Fathers

           Sorry about the title. I know it is a boring one but that is all I can come up with for now. I am writing this right now in a hurry because I am at my parents' house about ready to leave in a half a hour. I really wanted to get this written out because, even as a women, it spoke to me. When I say "it", I mean the sermon that was taught at my parents' church this morning. It was the perfect Father's Day sermon for our Heavenly Father, fathers now, and future fathers and then just add the word "husbands" in there too to make you think that way. It was strange because the preacher started out in Acts and that was the main book for today but also spent most of his time in Ephesians with the husbands' and wives' verses.
         As some of you might know I am at that age or almost at that age where I'm just sick of trying to find the right guy. It can be so hard not knowing what to look for or understand why a certain guy doesn't like you ever or right now. Ever since my situation, my eyes have been opening a little more each time, when I ask questions to married friends or listen to the Word of God. I am searching for answers and understanding because that is the most important part of seeking God in your life. I also got some prayer ideas for my future husband that I can start praying for now. For him to be a great husband and father.
       Here are some of the prayer ideas just from this morning from church:

               -He needs to seek God to know Him.
               -He needs to hate what God hates and love what God loves.
               -That He can handle the spiritual inclamets that falls on him as a father.
               -For him to be a genius person.
               -For him to continue to pray continually.
               -For him to be a devoted man at all times and with everything in his life.
               -Be good with rules, Bible leadership, and disciplinary.
 
      Here are some ideas that the preacher gave us and they made me really open my eyes and just think more about what a man really goes through as a husband and father.

               -A God fearing home starts with God-fearing husbands/fathers.
               -Have sacrificial love for the wife like God loves the Church.
                           -That means that the father will give up everything that he loves or want to do
                            for the wife. If he really loves her, he won't mind to do what she wants. Sacrificial
                            means "giving up". Giving up their time, their fun, their friends, and more to spend
                            time with her and the family.
                           -If the husbands do that, then it shouldn't be hard for the wives to submit to the
                            husbands.
       
         What I put on the end of my notes in my journal is this because I was having a hard time understanding why man are so careful of relationships or will just, what it feels like to us sometimes. just shove us aside like they don't care. One: If they "shove us aside" they do care more then they think for us even if it is on a friend based level. Two: God has really put a lot on a man. Sometimes if they do "push us aside" when just have to remember that they are just doing what is best for them right now and that if they are true Christians that God either has to work on them still or has another plan for the each of you.
        As ladies, we think we have the hard part of the job of parenting because we have to raise the children, cook, clean, and other things. Believe me, I'm not saying that is hare because it is especially when we have a lot of children but then look again at the directions God gave for the man and why they are the way they are.
        God made them that way for a reason. They do have a lot to do in life and they do care for us but at the same time they have to be just as careful if not more careful then we do, when it comes to relationships or friendships. Just think about it what if we had all that they had to do. We would think it would be just as bad or worse then raising the children. I mean the whole family status lays on the husband's shoulders. That is how God made man like He did and why.
        I got this quote from "Our Daily Bread" and it is: "A good father reflects the love of the Heavenly Father". That is or should be so true.