Today is Father’s Day, and as a son, I send a card and gift to my Dad, as a Dad I received cards and gifts from my sons – all pretty standard for Fathers Day. However, I also did something a little different – I gave my sons cards – because without them I wouldn’t be celebrating Father’s Day!

In the cards I gave to my sons I highlighted the character traits that I most admire in them, and the reasons that I am proud to call them my sons. I think the cards meant something to them, but for me the act of writing the cards was an important reminder, that as fathers we need to regularly encourage our children – no matter how old they are.
In so doing we follow the example of our Heavenly Father, who on at least two different occasions, in a voice from heaven said “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased”

I welcome your thoughts and comments.