Fixing

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement

Fixing

 

“Daddy fix it.” This was a frequent request when our children were small and barely beginning to use complete sentences. In their small eyes, Daddy could fix everything. And he often accomplished the remarkable when toys broke.  Between tools, imaginative use of glue, adhesive tape, and even paper clips, his hands brought new life to favorite toys if only temporarily. As the children grew, daddy’s fix-it prowess encountered challenges that defied the scope of duck tape or power tools. Eventually every child bumps into disappointments, disillusioning happenings, emotional pain that is beyond the fix of a dab of Mercurochrome or the healing touch of a long cuddle in a rocking chair with mom or dad. What a tug on Dad’s heart to not be able to fix the hurts that cloud a child’s life. I wonder how much we wives comprehend the pressure on the head of a household of children who require shaping into mature, reasonable adults. Every child needs love which surpasses periodic pats on the head and absent-minded affirmations and, at the same time, they require guidance away from antisocial behaviors.

Father’s day is the perfect time for mothers to tell the Dad of her family that she appreciates his efforts, and that she realizes moms have a limited understanding of the weight of his role. The very best father’s day gift we can give is to pray that God will under-gird all our husbands in their Daddy roles with Godly wisdom, patience, and understanding. God please shower Dads this Father’s Day with your abundant love and cause each one to be a conduit of that love to their children—the love of Jesus that fixes a child’s emotional wounds.