The Lie: If my father never said "I love you," maybe I was never worth loving. The Truth: A father's silence reveals his own brokenness — it says nothing about your worth. You have a Father who has spoken, and He has never walked out the door. "For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the LORD will take me in." — Psalm 27:10 Some of you carry a version of this story. Maybe not identical — but the same wound. A dad who never said it. A dad who left and built a new life like the old one never happened. And somewhere in that silence, a lie took root: maybe I wasn't worth staying for. That lie has been shaping decisions you don't even trace back to it anymore — how you love your wife, how you show up for your own kids, how much you brace for people to leave. Here's what's true: God is not your father repeated. He is the Father your father should have been. He has never once needed to be reminded to love you. He said it before you were formed. Today's act of obedience: Tell your kids — sons and daughters — "I love you." Out loud. Today. If you don't have kids yet, tell a younger man in your life something true about who he is. One sentence to carry today: My worth was never in my father's words — it's in my Father's. Comment "Said it" once you've told them.