My Dad turned 50-years-old today and I turned 30 in May. Hard to believe how time has flown by. I remember this old picture like yesterday. ⠀
I love my Dad and have always felt so blessed to have him as a Dad. He was always the coolest, the smartest, the strongest, the most fun and the most loving Dad in the world, Don’t get me wrong, I’ve had my fair share of butt whoppings, but (almost 😂) always fair.⠀
Having always felt this way about my Dad, I’m constantly surprised as the years go by…it seems I’m realizing more and more how truly blessed I am. ⠀
I fellowship with other women a lot and one thing I constantly hear is their hurt from their fathers. This week even I heard from a woman who said she never sat on her fathers lap, never heard “I love you,” never got hugs or kisses. 😢 ⠀
It completely breaks my heart…woman after woman I hear the same stories. Never knowing their fathers love, never having daddy tuck them in at night, no father/daughter talks. Seriously, I’m completely wrecked every time. 😭 ⠀
My Dad told me he loved me & he showed me, he spent time with me doing fun things and not so fun things, he tucked me in every night I was with him, he had lots of quality conversations with me about everything, he hugged and kissed me and held me in his lap & HE STILL DOES TODAY! So many things I couldn’t even list them all, but I always knew and never for one second doubted his love for me. ⠀
In addition to me, he loved two other daughters just the same, one of them not even blood, but he doesn’t love her any different and I love him even more for that. ⠀
He showed me what it is to be loved by a Father. In ministry I constantly talk to women who have trouble accepting God’s love and then I hear about their relationships with their dads and it makes sense. I’ve always, as far back as I can possibly remember, loved God and felt loved by Him. Always had a relationship with Him….just like my relationship with my Dad. Without even knowing it my Dad laid the foundation for my relationship with God. Again…all the tears 😭 ⠀
I wish everyone could have a Dad like mine. Fathers…love your daughters, if you don’t, they grow into broken women.
Kendra Lewis 