Being a dad is job number one for me. We work hard to learn and excel in our workplace / vocation but what about our primary roles. Part of our passion for fatherhood must be derived from God’s call on our life to serve Him by loving and leading our kids well. The other part of that passion is sheer delight. Derek’s dad always delighted in Derek and that’s a valuable lesson Derek employs in his own family. He just enjoys his kids. God has given him that loving desire to enjoy them.
What It Means:
For Derek specifically, as a single dad, he is naturally involved in things that his married dad of daughter friends may not be. Girls’s clothes, girl’s hair, and even girl’s adolescent products. Married dads and joint custody dads of daughters would do well not to default all the “girl” stuff to mom but to intentionally be involved. Creating balance is a challenge for anyone and everyone in every circumstance. Balancing career and kids can be a conflict. For Derek, key words are focus and preparation. In the office: be prepared, focus, and work hard. In parenting: be prepared to focus and work hard. An additional key to being a great dad is discovery. Find things you can do with them that they enjoy doing with you. Giving your best at work and left overs at home isn’t a Christ-centered option. Intentionality is the opposite of accidental. It doesn’t come naturally. If you want to be an intentional parent…you have to make the effort to be intentional.
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