Who's Your Daddy?

This is a message for all the fathers (including me) out there in web land: its time to grow up, own up, and man up! I mean it, shut your laptop right now, get your ass off the couch and go spend time with your kids. They need you, they want you, and if you're not there then they will replace you. That replacement could be drugs, gangs, porn, cults, you name it. Without your guidance and support it is too easy for our kids to go astray. They have access to more filth and violence than we could ever imagine when we were kids and it will be the ruin of our culture if we do not do something about it. Too many of our sons and daughters are growing up in single-parent homes (mostly with mom) and they have a very distorted view of what a family is supposed to look and feel like. Our mothers are doing the best they can, but they are not fathers. The father is supposed to be the head of the house, the disciplinarian, the spiritual leader, and the provider. But no, we have become too lazy and too self-absorbed to be the leaders we need to be. If we are not satisfied with our marriage, or our careers, or lifestyle, then we just simply leave - we wuss out like the yellow-bellied cowards we are. Its too easy to just start over if we are not "happy". Well guess what, life ain't about our happiness. Life couldn't give a rat's ass if you or I am happy where we are. As soon as that child, that gift from God, was conceived you gave up your right to just do as you please. We were given a blessing and with that blessing comes responsibility - big word isn't it. That responsibility includes: providing, caring, guiding, teaching, and LOVING. And if you have sons like I do, then we have the extra responsibility of teaching them how to be men, real men. If you are lucky enough to have daughters, then their protection should be your primary concern - protection from the boys who did not have fathers to teach them any better.

Also, if you are a man, or dad, and you know a child that does not have a father around, then its time to get involved. These kids need a father-figure in their lives and the mothers could certainly use some help. As the Shriner saying goes, "A man has never stood so tall as when he stoops to help a child in need". Sometimes I have to remind myself of this and realize that as a man, and as a friend, my responsibilities go beyond my immediate family. I believe God expects us to help all of his precious creations. Actually we should want to regardless because our future depends on it.

Without us, our children will have a void in their life that they will certainly fill somewhere. With us, they can grow into the kind of children who will be the leaders of tomorrow and change this vicious cycle of immorality and hatred that we are seeing now.So, what are you waiting for - go man up!