Pastor's Corner: Father's Day encouragement

With Father's Day coming up in two days, I would like to encourage fathers with several verses of scripture and then close this article with a personal story illustrating the point that we, as fathers, need to always be striving to be better fathers, allowing God to speak to us through everyday life conversations and experiences.

Psalm 103:13: "As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him." When we think of a father, is the first word that comes to our minds the word "compassion?" I don't think so. Words that come to my mind are: "faithful," "rel...