A Special Valentine’s Day

Since Valentine’s Day fell on a weekday this year, I’m quite sure everyone had plenty of opportunities to share love with their loved ones whether it was on the actual day or during the weekend. This year was a very special Valentine’s Day for me. I had the chance to treat my 12 year old daughter to a wonderful Valentine’s Day dinner. Considering she will be a teenager next month, I wanted to begin to inform her about having right relationships & interactions with gentlemen. So most of the night, I displayed the proper date etiquette that she should expect from any future suitors. I also presented her an oath, A Father’s Covering, that stated I as her father would protect, respect & love her for the rest of her life. We ended the evening with both of us signing the oath & putting it in a frame for her to hang on her wall.

As fathers, it is very important for us to teach & show our children how to develop respectful, meaningful, loving, right & profound relationship with people. Each relationship should be healthy and reciprocal. No longer should we allow our children to establish relationships that spawn hurt, lies & pain to themselves or others. It is our leadership & guidance that will change our children’s future & equip them to be prosperous. So I encourage all fathers to take some time to express your love not just provisionally, but emotionally, verbally and tangibly. For our sons, we will be the first man that they see & pattern their life after. Four our daughters, we will be the first man that loves her. We have to show them real love.

“He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.” - 1 John 4:8 (KJV)