Option 1- Being an a father that’s not involved, not engaged and not interested and doing the bare minimum- That’s what you’d call easy Option 2- Being a father who is heavily involved, engaged and interested in every aspect of their children’s life- That’s hard. Technically, both options are actually hard. What seems to be easy now, will cause a huge void to be found in your child’s life. Rebuilding that relationship is hard. Taking accountability and showing up for your adult children, will inevitably be hard. In this epidemic of fatherlessness, it’s your turn to break the cycle. Pick your hard 🔥

An anchor doesn’t just sit on the seabed; it digs deep into the murky mud and hard stone, finding firm ground to hold a ship steady against the fiercest storm. In the journey of fatherhood, this represents the crucial, sometimes painful work of digging into the "mud" of daily challenges, discipline, and commitment to protect a family from drifting, imitating our Heavenly Father’s steadfast love. For those facing the storm of fatherlessness, Christ serves as the ultimate, immovable anchor of the soul, offering a secure, divine foundation when earthly stability is lost. It is a powerful reminder that our hope is not built on shifting sands, but anchored in a love that holds us firm through every high and stormy gale. ⚓️🙏

We often chalk up a situation that didn’t work out as “failure.” Is it though? I don’t have this perfected, but I can talk through experience. I have hit brick walls in my life. What seemed to be immovable objects in my way. Something that FORCED me to alter my course. Dead end job, no paycheck, edge of bankruptcy, loss of loved ones (who are still living), hardships. I failed. I should’ve worked harder, been more savy, paid more attention, been more disciplined, learned to say no, walk from toxic relationships, seen it coming. Right? Blame is mine? Through all of it, I chalked these moments as if I had truly failed. Myself, my family, friends, circumstances. I had it all wrong. God showed me a different vantage point. God has never failed me. I’ve always been perfectly placed. Perfectly guided. Perfectly “turned” in my path. God doesn’t make mistakes. There are no coincidences. We learn from The Savior’s example of who God is- through Him. Christ did it perfectly- He was never in the wrong place. He was never there at the wrong time. He was never there under the wrong circumstance. If Christ is our example, we can understand that the same way He lived without ANY coincidences- so can we. Failure doesn’t exist. That truly means- all things good and bad are purposeful. God doesn’t love us through meaningless suffering. An eternal perspective of live gives us this guidance in the times where it feels the darkest. It was never failure- and it never will be if we firmly believe that God is the author to our story. No matter our choices or circumstances. Trust the path. We get pushed from our concrete path into the weeds more often than not. It isn’t usually until after we are done with the treacherous trail looking back on it that we realize- the treacherous path we never would’ve taken on our own, is actually the direction we needed to go all along.

All of us have been affected by fatherlessness in someway. Whether directly, or indirectly, we are the byproduct of those who came before us. By acknowledging their own wounds, pain, and failures, men find the freedom of grace and true, lasting strength. The ultimate source of healing and strength is Jesus Christ. As we journey with Him, He will restore us. 🔥 Nobody has it perfect, nobody has all of the answers. But what we do have, is experiences. Traumas, successes. Our personal experiences can help navigate someone else’s ship in the midst of their storms of life. We are the stabilizing force, The Anchor, in the lives of those around us. If we choose, we can heal the father wound and replace that pain with a deep connection to a Heavenly Father who has ALWAYS wanted you.