Fatherless Generation

I spend hours on end with all kinds of kids.

Church kids, thugs, skaters, musicians, music fans, scooters, bladers, bikers, Bballers, dodgeballers, frisbee kids, social sultans of schools, and the nearly mute and awkward ugly ducklings…I know what it’s like to stand alone wondering what memo i missed in life.

• I feel that way when i see fathers being excellent dads spending quality time with their sons,
• while observing husbands doting on or serving their wives,
• and while hearing other guys talk about motor vehicles and their operations.

It’s easy for me to imagine that a majority of my generation can at least FEEL that we’ve missed out on something essential, but heck if I know where to go to find all the wisdom and security for myself that my pastor’s kids find everyday at home.

Sometimes the only consolation i can find is in the movie Simon Birch, (which my awesome mom bought tonight.) In that story, a single mother’s teenage son is outcasted for being a “bastard child.” He befriends a sickly dwarfed boy his own age and they are inseperable. One boy has no idea who his father is, and the other is despised by even his two parents because of his abnormal physical condition. I connect to the empty and uninformed feelings of the boys in the story and often cry when moved by their tight bond. Although i have hundreds of friends, i don’t have a “Best” brother-type friend who’s been with me through thick and thin. Maybe that’s why God designed marraige, no?

hmmm.

Lots of thoughts bouncin in here.

Also, the film “Bella” was a great depiction of Christ’s persistent pursuit of his church (AKA those devoted to him.) Jose is patient, gentle, honest, and prioritizes what’s right, instead of what society pushes on him. Plus he’s got a great beard… haha.

All this to say, these movies have reminded me that I am an adopted Orphan in this world who is not forgotten. God the great Interrupter has reached down and offered me His holy name. He’s offered to teach me what a man was designed to be.

I want to invite anyone reading who can sympathize with me to take a deep breath, and then walk this narrow road with me that leads to life. (Matthew Chapter 7, verse 13 says, “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.) I’m the King’s kid, and i’m gonna be like my heavenly Daddy. Come follow the Christ with me.