A Daddy’s Heart
I almost feel as if I should recuse myself from writing this devotion. I am too close to the subject to be objective. I am a daddy, and I am familiar with all the emotions that daddies experience. Understand this: contributing biologically to the conception of a child does not make you a daddy. Being a daddy is a heart thing.
The heart of a daddy is a mess. It has experienced every emotion known to mankind, even some known only to him. Tears leak from his eyes, which he doesn’t want you to see. Cheers come from his lips, and he wants the world to hear them. A daddy’s heart tends to hold things in, making it hard for a man to express his feelings. It will swell with pride and race in fear. Love will make it tender inside. However, it is often surrounded by a hard outer shell. This shell needs to be cracked. Yes, a daddy’s heart is a mess, but it never stops loving his children.
A daddy’s heart is big. It has to be. It has to be big enough to hold strength, courage, wisdom, and gentleness. A daddy needs to be brave enough to kill spiders and strong enough to open jars. He must be smart enough to fix a bicycle and gentle enough to eat imaginary cookies. A daddy’s heart has the wisdom to let little hands do what they can. It understands when to help and when not to help. Most daddies don’t know how big their heart is. Yet, it is big enough to love their children with an unending love.
Strong is the heart of a daddy. The heavy-duty heart of a daddy has been crushed, broken, stretched, and swollen. It has soared like an eagle and yet stooped to a child’s eye level. This great heart can roar like a lion and purr like a kitten. For the sake of his children, he will stand up and fight the fiercest enemy. He will kneel in prayer to the Holy Father. A good daddy places his heart in the hands of Jesus. He knows that he loves his children best when he loves the Savior the most.
Douglas & Deborah Huff
From Down Where the Pavement Ends
Email- douglas@pavementendsministry.com
From the Bible
“Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, But who can find a faithful man? The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him.”
Proverbs 20:6-7 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/pro.20.6-7.NKJV
very true and sometimes hard ( if it were easy anyone could do it ) have a blessed Father’s Day Douglas.