A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families. (Psalm 68:5,6)On Fathers Day my thoughts turn to those who have lost their dads, or even worse, those who never had a proper father figure in their lives. I wrote in Day 161 about my dad and how his life was completely changed (for the better) in the years between when my siblings were born and when I was born. The Dad I grew up with was a different Dad than the one they knew in their early years.
Today's verse reminds us that God fills the holes in our lives. If someone never had a good dad, or if his father passed away before he was ready to say goodbye, God is there to fill that empty space. If a woman has no husband, for whatever reason, whether he left, or died, or she has just never married, God is there for her, ready to come to her defense and supply her needs. God even has a family ready and waiting for the orphan and the lonely. In love he has predestined us to be adopted (Ephesians 1:4,5). The church is our new family, the new community for the children of God.
Even when we feel lost, there is a place and a people for us.
Are you fatherless? ...widowed? ...alone? God's heart has room for you.
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