The Monroe Doctrine: Happy Father's Day!

Today I celebrated my first Father's Day. Being a dad is a crazy, awesome, humbling thing. The problem with being a dad is that it's such a big responsibility that you don't have time to stop and think about what a huge eternally significant responsibility it is.

Donald Miller, author and fellow Portlander, posted something on his blog yesterday that I thought I would share. It's kinda long, but hey, we posted something! You shouldn't be complaining about how long it is!
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If you’re a dad who is working hard to love his kids and their mom, today we celebrate you. A father is a position created by God that only a man can fulfill, and God created your role to bring order into chaos. Without you, your kids wouldn’t have somebody to read them a story at night, to give them a sense of security. Without you, your daughters might doubt there could be a man out there who could love them the way you love their mom. Without you, there would be a wound in the soul of your children, and a wound in the soul of your wife, too.

I hope you take some time today to think about how much better you are making the world around you. I know it can be tough sometimes, and I know the world goes out of its way to celebrate lesser men, but stick it out and do the hard work because the truly rich blessings in this life go to the ones who endure in quiet goodness.

Here’s a verse that comes to mind as I think about the responsibility of fathers. It’s from Genesis 4:

“The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.”

So that’s the call of a Father, to do well, and to rule over the sin that, without you, would no doubt rule over your family. May God give you the strength and endurance necessary to create a better world for those you love. It’s a noble calling, to be a dad. Way to go, Dads!
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Lately I've been reminded how grateful I am that I will always have Kirsten and Asher in my life. They make it easy to want to be a great dad.

And luckily for me, both of our dads have been great role models for me to follow and have given me something to live up to. Happy Father's Day guys!