Family First

Before anything on this earth but after God we are to take care of our family. Family is the Most important thing in this world and will be a large part of future discussions in this world. There are kids growing up in this world without fathers at an astronomical rate. I want to include in that number the fathers that send their kids to boarding schools, work so much their children do not recognize them, and the ones who abuse them (physically, mentally, or verbally). That leaves us with a minority of children and a generation raised by their biological parents in a good situation. I do not know where or how I got started on this topic, but it has been burning on my heart for quite some time now. I was raised in a variety of situations. My father divorced my mother when I was two months old and have seen him one time since. I lived with my mother who was going in and out of relationships with the passing of each season until third grade. I was then in the custody of my nineteen year old sister. We lived together until 7th grade. My mother was now out of prison and supposedly getting her life on track with a guy I had grown to know as a father figure. That was a decent situation until midway through eigth grade and then we moved to a wonderful place called Living Water Ranch. It is a Christian Camp and Conference Center run by my Aunt and Uncle. I lived there all through High School and most of College. So, for the most part I understand what it was like to not be raised by the people that God had originally set in place to raise me. I know that God uses everything for good, and I am glad he got ahold of me before I could have seriously slipped off in the deep end with the types of situations my mother would get me into. I feel a burning to get fathers more involved in their children's lives. I want to know any organizations or just people helping to do this or have information about it to please post comments here or shoot me an e-mail.