Read Malachi 1-4
Malachi 4:6 says, "And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse." Recently experts have admitted that children need fathers. For the longest time experts insisted that children could grow up perfectly fine without fathers in their lives. After all, many have no choice.
But children need a strong father-like influence in their lives. They need someone who challenges them, someone who holds them accountable, and someone to look up to. Society is suffering because of all of the fatherlessness in way too many people’s lives.
God knew we would need fathers and that fathers would need children. Fathers are softened and humbled by the neediness of their children. Now we’re seeing those hearts turned and more fathers taking their responsibilities on. And when those responsibilities overwhelm, we have a Heavenly Father we can turn to.
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