Father’s Day ahead! That’s right folks. In case you forgot… Funny (not ha-ha funny) how we don’t dare forget Mother’s Day, but Father’s Day? 🙂 I, for one, don’t really care whether something special happens on that day or not. We get Good Ranchers products and they even offered a special Father’s Day package. They aren’t alone. Thanks, but no thanks. 

There is no question there is a crisis of manhood in today’s culture. Thankfully, there has been a uptick of men who are wanting to be counted on. Men who want to be seen as real men (even without all the hunting and camo gear). One political party just revealed they paid thousands of dollars to learn how to “Manspeak” and “Be a man.” I’m shaking my head at that. 

A better question for us is what is a godly man? For Mother’s Day I took the week’s reading from the Everyday Gospel Devotional and delineated 7 characteristics of a godly woman and found a woman in the Bible who depicted that. I decided to take that same approach with Father’s Day.  Here are the qualities I came up with describing a godly man and his biblical counterpart:

1. A godly man listens (Elijah)
2. A godly man seeks justice (Amos)
3. A godly man prays (Elisha)
4. A godly man trusts (Jehoshaphat)
5. A godly man has a real faith (Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego)
6. A godly man experiences forgiveness (Peter)
7. A godly man learns patience (Psalm 37:1-9)

I would like to invite you to worship with us this Sunday-in person or online via our live stream. We meet at 9:00 and 10:45. Send a request to join our Facebook Group at Owen Valley Christian Fellowship or view our public page at Owen Valley Christian Fellowship-Spencer, In. Or you can watch via YouTube at Owen Valley Christian Fellowship. I look forward to seeing you or hearing from you online. And let me ask you to do me a favor: please let us know you are watching and then feel free to comment-yay or nay. If you have any questions, please ask and I will get back to you. Thanks. And thanks for praying for us.