Godly Fatherhood

Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
-Ephesians 6:4


I constantly fail in the area of fatherhood. Yep, I exasperate the heck out of the kiddos. For instance, just tonight all Reed wanted to eat was Sister ShoeBurt dinner rolls & I was opposed to this line of thinking. So I explained that we eat whatever mom makes (unless it is something with veggies) or he needed to get down from the table and read his Bible.



Reed opted for the Scriptures (of course) and spent some time with the Lord. I applaude him in this venture to hide God's Word in his heart. The problem being around bedtime he was hungry and I wouldn't give him anything else to eat...hence the photo. I realize now that in being so focused on Reed not eating the liver and onion recipe by Rachel Ray, I was forcing him to another outlet, mining for gold...MY BAD!

Same thing on the snow day. The boys wanted us to make a snowman with the 5-10 inches of snow we didn't get. Of course when I say "us" I mean daddy.

I determined to make the best snowman on the block, which to be honest was a pretty low bar to begin with, but I feel I tackled it with gusto.

After Frosty lost his body, his head (twice) and his white snow...I finally persevered and got him finished. Our very own sword toting, baseball helmet wearing, gap scarf sporting confused snowman. Obviously on such an occasion you want documentation of the heroic feat of moving snow around a yard, but I hit a bump when A-train and Reed-o were in the house frost-bitten & Luke got camera shy.

Well I was undetered. I scooped the little rascal up and thought, "he will smile when it's time." Not so much, but I did get my pic.

So to all you parentals whose kids will grow up applying the verse "I have made a fool of myself, but you drove me to it" to their dear parents, cheer up you exasperating souls are not alone! There are other dads, moms and granparents screwing up their kids lives, one adventure at a time. :)