Hi Brian!

The first blog post we did spoke about fathers and what a good father you were (are). This week we are looking a two verses that speak about fathers.

Ephesians 6:4 Fathers, do not irritate and provoke your children to anger [do not exasperate them to resentment], but rear them [tenderly] in the training and discipline and the counsel and admonition of the Lord. AMP

Colossians 3:21 Fathers, do not provoke or irritate or fret your children [do not be hard on them or harass them], lest they become discouraged and sullen and morose and feel inferior and frustrated. [Do not break their spirit.] AMP

I was never raised to know Jesus and I was never close to the father I grew up knowing! Everything that Greg and I learned about parenting came after we recieved Jesus in 1980 when Trevor was 2 1/2 and Kori was 1! We missed some time there, but God was gracious to teach us quickly! It has been such a joy to watch our children become wonderful parents. It has also been a real joy to watch you and Kristine raise your beautiful young ladies to love Jesus, to step out and try things, to work hard for what they want, and to LOVE others! They always show us so much love even though we don't see them as often now. All of that is the fruit of being a GOOD father! They will never have a hard time receiving the love that Heavenly Father has for them because they have been and are now loved so well by you both! So the message is that you are doing such a wonderful job at fatherhood and as you keep up that GOOD WORK, you will continue to reap the fruit of that! Here is a song by Brandon Lake called "Daddy's DNA" which speaks of how our Heavenly Father sees us! 

Love and Shalom from the Swoveys!