{"id":10309,"date":"2019-06-16T05:32:45","date_gmt":"2019-06-16T10:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=10309"},"modified":"2019-06-16T05:32:53","modified_gmt":"2019-06-16T10:32:53","slug":"a-dedication-to-fathers-on-fathers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=10309","title":{"rendered":"A Dedication to Fathers on Father’s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Happy Father’s Day 
My blog today is dedicated to all the wonderful fathers, father figures, and male mentors who have touched the lives of your own kids, others\u2019 kids, your family, and others you\u2019ve mentored and coached. We appreciate you! And, for the rest of us, let’s be sure to celebrate our fathers in words and actions. Our gratitude and love for them won’t get received if we don\u2019t express it to them in the first place. So, I\u2019m taking my own advice and celebrating all the fathers on this Father\u2019s Day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Father\u2019s Day brings precious memories and so much gratitude — for my own sweet daddy who I only knew for 15 years and my precious husband, who I knew for 49 years on this side of heaven. They are celebrating this Father\u2019s Day with \u201cOur Father Who Art in Heaven\u201d! Okay \u2013 they’ve certainly one-upped us on a grand celebration with the second-to-none Father. And Happy Father\u2019s Day to my two incredible sons: Ryan Wuerch<\/a> & Larry Wallace<\/a>, amazing fathers who lead their families by God\u2019s example to them. Thanks, and well-done, guys, for blessing me with my seven beautiful grandchildren and thank you for all the men and boys you coach and mentor!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dads, in my opinion, you are the most powerful force in the lives of your children. Thank you for not being passive. Thank you for understanding and taking responsibility for your power. Thank you for being living examples of our Heavenly Father’s love. Thank you for having real-life conversations with your boys and having date nights with your girls. Thank you for showing them and others what respect, honor, and integrity look like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I recently saw this video of a great example of how to be involved with your children right from the get-go! The video went viral from the mom\u2019s Facebook page now with 57 million views. It\u2019s a simple and adorable conversation between a father and his 19-month-old, a terrific model of time well spent between a dad and his child. 
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Maybe today, you don\u2019t even know your earthly father, or if you do, he may not have been very present in your life. Maybe, like me, your dad was with you for just a short period of time. Like mine, your dad wasn\u2019t there to walk you down the aisle on your wedding day. Maybe your dad is still here and your relationship is and always has been strained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s the really good news for all of us on this Father\u2019s Day. We have a Heavenly Father who loves us so much and wants us in His family. When we invite His Son into our lives, we get God\u2019s DNA. It cannot be denied. We have a Father who is gracious, open and wants to know us. When we reach out, He welcomes us into His presence. He even has conversations with us through his Word and even in our intimate times with Him. So on this Father\u2019s Day, no matter who your earthly father may be, I ask these simple questions: Do you know your Heavenly Father? Do you understand how much He wants to have a close and ongoing relationship with you? I pray that you will have a greater realization of your \u201cheavenly\u201d DNA. Knock on His door. I know He will invite you in for a Father’s Day celebration like none other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Happy Father’s Day My blog today is dedicated to all the wonderful fathers, father figures, and male mentors who have touched the lives of your own kids, others\u2019 kids, your family, and others you\u2019ve mentored and coached. We appreciate you! And, for the rest of us, let’s be sure to celebrate our fathers in words and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[252,6201,13563,13564,38,1202,1601,713,132,13558,2859,13565,13562,575,1102,249],"class_list":["post-10309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-conversation","tag-daddy","tag-father-figures","tag-fathers","tag-gratitude","tag-heavenly-father","tag-honor","tag-integrity","tag-love","tag-male-mentors","tag-memories","tag-our-father-in-heaven","tag-powerful-force","tag-relationship","tag-respect","tag-time-well-spent"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10309"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10318,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10309\/revisions\/10318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}