Father

Patient

Loving

Kind

Supportive

Mentoring

Forgiving

Longsuffering

Admonishing

Honest

Trustworthy

Protective

Helpful

Attentive

These are but a few of the desired characteristics of a good father. I am afraid we all fall short of the ideal. The most important task a man will ever have is raising his children, yet he enters into the job with virtually no experience. What he does have is the inclination to mimic his own father, the intelligence to glean the good aspects of that, and the resources to strike out on a new path if that is what is required. But, keep in mind that we all have two fathers. The perfect one, our Heavenly Father, is the one we should try most to emulate. Matt 5: 48