Happy Father’s Day, Lord!
Happy Father’s Day, Lord!
Everyone reading this blog post has a reason to celebrate today! We all are blessed to have a loving, caring, giving, and forgiving heavenly Father!
Themed posts are not my favorite thing to write. What I mean by that is that I don’t like feeling like I have to write about a particular subject. Take Father’s Day, for instance. I am blessed to have a wonderful earthly father! He loves me and has always been in my corner. I know that no matter what, I can go to him, and he will do everything in his power to make everything better.
My father is the best, and I wish him the very best Father’s Day. HOWEVER, I am not writing this post just for me and my father. I realize that everyone might not have had a loving father, and in fact, some people had fathers who were not present. If that is the case, then days like this are hard to celebrate.
So, for a while today, let’s put aside our earthly fathers and focus our eyes and hearts on our Father in Heaven, who is constant. How many of you have ever said the Lord’s Prayer?
Matthew 6: 9-13
9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
I bet most of you can recite this from memory; I know that I can. I love how this begins, “Our FATHER which art in HEAVEN.” That gives me such comfort. No matter what is going on in your life at this very moment, you have the watchful eye of your Father, who is in Heaven. He is fully aware of what is going on in your life. Do you call out to Him in times of trouble? Do you excitedly thank Him in times of joy?
If your earthly father was not the Hallmark version that some people have, then you might struggle to look to your Heavenly Father. If you would never have gone to your earthly father for advice or help; you might find it difficult to go to your Heavenly Father. If your earthly father could not find joy in your happiness, then you might find it hard to share your thoughts with your Heavenly Father.
You must learn to separate an earthly father from your Heavenly Father. One is human and flawed, and one is Godly and perfect. One might not have been able to show affection, but the other knows what you need before you even ask it. (Matthew 6:8)
Today, I want to share with you a few verses about “your” Father’s love in hopes that today will be the best Father’s Day that you have ever had.
Isaiah 64:8
Yet you, Lord, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand.
Matthew 6:26
Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
1 John 3:1
See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
To GOD Goes The Glory!
Have A Blessed Day!
So thankful for my early father who was my biggest encourager and even more for my heavenly Father!
Thanks for sharing your faith!
I was blessed to have had a good father. My Heavenly Father has given me so many blessings. Good message.
Tania, what a special day to always remember our Heavenly Father!! I taught 3rd-5th Sunday School at church today and this is what we talked about and also the 1John verse. So thankful for Him!!
Always look forward to your Sunday posts!
Blessings,
Lovely, Tania! My father was so instrumental in teaching me about family, honesty, hard work and integrity but perhaps the best gift he gave me was sharing his faith with me.
Beautiful Father’s Day Post!
So very thankful for our heavenly Father!!
Beautiful post! I wished our Heavenly Father a Happy Father’s Day today and everyday! Happy Father’s Day to all Father’s!
Loved all the verses you shared!
Amen!
I only had limited memories of my earthly father because I was very young when he died. You gave me something great to ponder on and I want to say thank you.
God Bless,
Pamela J.
I’m so happy this post helped you!
Thanks for your Father’s Day message.
Love this! Thank you, Tania! Our Heavenly Father deserves our love and attention this Father’s Day.
This is a wonderful post and one of my favorites. Thank you. God Bless.
Just beautifully written. And so very true. Out Father in Heaven is with us always.
Once again your devotion is beautiful! Happy Father’s Day to all
Thank you SO MUCH for the Amazon gift card!! Excited to shop your Amazon store and get something new!!
Love the words celebrating our heavenly father who loves us beyond words.
thank you for your thoughts.
Amen!
Thank you for your emails and blog posts. In all honesty, I had forgotten that I had subscribed so when I first started receiving your emails, I deleted without reading. One day, after realizing I continued to receive them, I decided to read the content to see just what I was getting. Ever since that day, I look forward to receiving them and reading them. The content is interesting and relevant to me. I also like the scripture at the bottom.
Lol! This is so funny to me! I’m glad you are now enjoying my posts.
Thank you for this post, Tania!
Good morning!
I enjoy starting my day by reading your blogs, and Sundays are always special. Thank you for taking the time on both the heavenly and earthly.
Happy Father’s Day to your family and those of your readers.
Our Father is a good, good father! Happy Father’s Day to your dad and Joe!
Good morning, Tania! Happy Father’s Day to Joe & your father! I love that you used the Lord’s Prayer today. Our grandchildren all know it. We are blessed.
My brother & I had the best father ever. Nobody could ever measure up to his faith & love for God & our family. He & mother daily lived their lives for Jesus. We grew up seeing this faith in action… yet they were humble people.
Both parents are in heaven now & we miss them & thank God for their lives. Thank you for your post today! God is using you.
It is wonderful to hear you had great parents who made a huge impact on your life.
Thank you for focusing on our Heavenly Father, beautiful scripture. I love how Father’s Day is on Sundays. And Mother’s Day. Enjoy your day with your Dad!
Amen! Thank you, Tania!💗
Happy Father’s Day. may those who have lost their Father’s find comfort in their memories
Such a sweet post this morning. You are one of the lucky ones to have had a good earthly father. I’m in the other category and it is a scarring for life. A struggle you never get over. Thank goodness I am married to a man who is a wonderful dad and grandpa. God blessed me with him.
Another beautiful reflection! Here’s to our Father in Heaven and our fathers, grandfathers, and the fathers and grandfathers of our children!
Thank you Tania!
Beautiful post, I never thought of Father’s Day being related to our Heavenly Father. I certainly didn’t have a hallmark movie kind of dad but I am fortunate to have had other amazing father figures in my life!
Thank you so much for this post!
I look forward to your Sunday blogs, and this one is especially nice for Father’s Day! I am blessed to have my Christian earthly father as well as my Heavenly Father on this special day, and I don’t thank either of them nearly as often as I should. I will hug & thank my 85-year-old Daddy when he & my mom come over for lunch today. Thank you for this gentle reminder! You are an inspiration to many folks!
Good words!
Thank you for that wonderful start to Father’s Day!
I love the Lords Prayer one of my favorites . God is the Father to the Fatherless. What would we ever do without God and our Bibles? We Love Him because He first Loved us! Amen!
This post makes me smile because it is such a good reminder that our Father loves us beyond anything we can imagine. One of my favorite verses is Zephaniah 3:17 “He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing”. Some translations say “rejoice with shouts of joy”. I just love that picture of my Father holding me and singing over me. So beautiful.
That is a beautiful thought. 😊
Tania, I love your site and especially your devotionals. J Jill and Talbots are 2 of my favorite places to shop. Thank you for your focus on the Lord as well as older women.
I too had the BEST earthly father and this is the first year I cannot celebrate Fathers Day with him, as he passed last July. So I really have been dreading today. I want to thank you for this post; it helped a lot in reminding me that the Lord is always with me and will help me through all matters, just like he has done so very many times.
Thank you again, and have a blessed Fathers Day and hug your Daddy hard if possible.
Debbie, I’m sorry for your loss. However, you are blessed to have had a great father and be left with so many wonderful memories.
Thank you for your beautiful words! How true this is and I am so grateful and blessed. I had a godly earthly father who was not on the earth very long. I think of him daily. I am so thankful that my Heavenly Father is here and I can turn to him 24 /7!!
To God be the glory, always!
Such a beautiful and meaningful message this morning.
Happy Father’s Day to Joe!
Thank you for the reminder of who our father really is in our life. It has made my day more precious.
Good Sunday morning!
So thankful for the love of our Heavenly Father.