The Father Heart Of God
Father’s Day 2021
As we become parents, we're not always prepared for all that parenthood entails. We do our best to prepare ourselves by reading books, or seeking advice from friends and family about how to raise our children. But the mark of a good father, or parent, stems from the heart. Thankfully we have the model of our perfect, loving Father to show us the way.
“You are most like your Father in heaven when you treat your children better than they deserve.”
Scripture:
Psalm 103:8-18
The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger, abounding in love.
He will not always accuse,
nor will he harbor his anger forever;
he does not treat us as our sins deserve
or repay us according to our iniquities.
For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his love for those who fear him;
as far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us.As a father has compassion on his children,
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;
for he knows how we are formed,
he remembers that we are dust.
The life of mortals is like grass,
they flourish like a flower of the field;
the wind blows over it and it is gone,
and its place remembers it no more.
But from everlasting to everlasting
the Lord’s love is with those who fear him,
and his righteousness with their children’s children—
with those who keep his covenant
and remember to obey his precepts.
