Sunday Mornin' Hope : The Best Dad

First off, I don't think there is a guy alive that feels they're the best dad. I'm constantly making mistakes with my children and they still love me. Go figure! Most of the time I fell like Paul when he wrote Romans 7.


¹⁴I can anticipate the response that is coming: "I know that all God's commands are spiritual, but I'm not. Isn't this also your experience?" Yes. I'm full of myself--after all, I've spent a long time in sin's prison. ¹⁵What I don't understand about myself is that I decide one way, but then I act another, doing things I absolutely despise. ¹⁶So if I can't be trusted to figure out what is best for myself and then do it, it becomes obvious that God's command is necessary.¹⁷But I need something more! For if I know the law but still can't keep it, and if the power of sin within me keeps sabotaging my best intentions, I obviously need help! ¹⁸I realize that I don't have what it takes. I can will it, but I can't do it. ¹⁹I decide to do good, but I don't really do it; I decide not to do bad, but then I do it anyway. ²⁰My decisions, such as they are, don't result in actions. Something has gone wrong deep within me and gets the better of me every time.²¹It happens so regularly that it's predictable. The moment I decide to do good, sin is there to trip me up. ²²I truly delight in God's commands, ²³but it's pretty obvious that not all of me joins in that delight. Parts of me covertly rebel, and just when I least expect it, they take charge.²⁴I've tried everything and nothing helps. I'm at the end of my rope. Is there no one who can do anything for me? Isn't that the real question?


I think I just learned something! Usually I spend much of Saturday night researching for this message and ignoring my family. My son just asked me to go swimming, but I said I was too busy. You know what? I'm going swimming. So, you tell me what makes the best dad and post it here. I'm still praying for you!

Thanks Dino.