I’m Not the Kind of Dad That I Need to Be!

I remember reading the Bible

 to my son.

But what a mess,

 my life has become!

My children told me, they

were proud of their dad!

Now they say they’re

 embarrassed and sad.

I once lived a Godly life!  I really did!

Just look at me now!  And how I live!

Things in life I once

called wrong and sin.

Are now causing me to stumble again.

God's word I had loved!

Jesus was my treasure!

I "traded my soul" for

 what gives me "pleasure."

I’m not the kind of father

that I need to be!

What kind of example will

 my family find in me?

Will I grow stubborn to God as I age?

Replacing his peace, for anger and rage?

I need Jesus to bring peace

 to my troubled soul!

I ask YOU Lord to make

 me clean and whole.

Restore unto me the joy

 of my salvation.

By your blood, make

me a new creation.

Words alone cannot truly express…

This family God's given to me.

I am so blessed!

By Jim Pemberton   (c) 2013