GM friends.
Long post, and this is a post for men. Fathers and husbands mostly. But women, be encouraged, this is for your man. Disclosure, I don’t expect all yall to see things my way but that makes it more interesting.
I’ve seen a lot of people posting their declaration/proclamation that family is so important and declaring that on social media. It’s not just out there, it is very noticeable. This is encouraging to see, however a few things come to mind.
First, as a husband you are greatly blessed. To find a wife that you can lay down your life for is no small thing. If you forget that let me remind you of that fact. I say this because I need reminders as well.
I’m kind of pleasantly surprised that people are figuring this out. Pleasantly because family is indeed a blessing. Surprised because it’s been there all along. But it’s good that many are waking up to how important the family is. By this I mean family members in your immediate family, your spouse and your children.
And here is the reminder part. Family can be hard. It’s real hard. But that fact doesn’t change anything about the permanence of family the need for stability and the father’s need to lead his family well. He can learn this even if he doesn’t know how.
One thing he should not do is abandon his family. There are some who will say this is okay for some reason. Maybe in some sense, maybe. But for 99.999% of us men there is no excuse for leaving our wife and children. This has become way too common. I have stories I wish not to tell.
As long as it depends on us we should be reminded that nothing is of higher importance than our wives and children, and we should remember that when it gets hard, because it will.
I’m posting this because I have two sisters in the northwest who do not have any faith to sustain them. BOTH of their husbands recently left them and their children. Neither one of them have faith, neither one have Bitcoin (though I continue to work on their understanding) and both have teenage children.
I know many reading this understand, but men we can not ever think it’s okay to abandon our wife and children. This is a deception sold us in a fiat world of paper lies, temptation and greed.
Thanks for listening and I hope you have a beautiful and wonderful day today! (This is my daughter about 10 years ago isn’t she precious!)
