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Prayer in Thanks for Fatherhood – June 16, 2019

June 17, 2019 by Jack Emmott Leave a Comment

Lord, thanks for fatherhood.
You know what it is like to be a Father.
You bring all Your children to life and to us.
In prayer You guide fathers like me with Your light.
You embrace our children in Your arms.
Yet, You let them to be free to live and learn
In a world as tender, perilous, and beautiful
As the flight of a dove.

As a thirty-something year old father,
I cradled my infant son John in my arms.
I held my baby Catherine in my lap.
Ever since those moments of being a father
I have never questioned the purpose of my being.
As a father, I have had incredible joys.
Walls of worry.
Deep pride.
Struggles with hanging on and letting go.
Allowing Your will to overcome mine in raising them.
Gratefulness in knowing
That if I have failed in any aspect of fatherhood
You were there for them and for me.

Due to polio I could not lift my kids in the air,
Carry them on my shoulders.
Climb trees with them.
Hike in the woods with them.
Play sports with them.
But, thanks to You and Your example
I was able to do the best thing a father could do for John and Catherine.

Love.

Amen

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Jack H. Emmott is a Senior Counsel of Gray, Reed & McGraw, LLP, a 145-lawyer full service firm in Houston, Dallas and Waco, Texas, a Board-Certified Family Law and Master Credentialed Collaborative Law Professional Divorce Attorney, Mediator, Author, Entrepreneur and Inspirational Speaker. For more information about Jack or his latest book, Bending Angels: Living Messengers of God’s Love, go to the Bending Angel website.

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Father’s Day Prayer – June 18, 2017

June 18, 2017 by Jack Emmott Leave a Comment

Jack, John, age 5, and Catherine, age 2. 1983.
God, the Father, blessed me with His Son, Jesus.
As a result I shall receive eternal life.
God, the Father, blessed me with John and Catherine.
Because of them, my son and daughter,
I have received eternal joy and everlasting love.

Lord, on this special day to honor those who have carried the cross of fatherhood I give thanks to You for my father and for his example of stewardship for me to follow.  As my Heavenly Father I give thanks to You for the gift of Your Son Jesus Christ. For in His birth, death and resurrection we as father and child will always be together in Your Eternal Love and Light.  Amen

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 Jack H. Emmott is a Senior Counsel of Gray, Reed & McGraw, LLP, a 120 lawyer full service firm in Houston, Texas, a Board-Certified Family Law  and Master Credentialed Collaborative Law Professional Divorce Attorney, Mediator, Author, Entrepreneur and Inspirational Speaker.  For more information about Jack or his latest book, Bending Angels: Living Messengers of God’s Love, go to BendingAngel.com.

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