Here're are a few Max Lucado thoughts on Dads and being a Dad:

A good dad:

1. knows everything (like how to tie shoes and drive a car)

2. is really smart (he even knows where the wind goes after it blows through the trees)

3. has a forgiving heart (for when I mess up)

4. is loaded with patience, patience, patience (he probably won’t need it, but just in case…)

5. has a comfy lap and a big laugh (you understand about that, don’t you?)

6. tells me all about you and your son.

Fathers and mothers enter the child-rearing business at two different times. Mothers decide to be mothers long before dads do. A mother carries a baby for nine months, giving her an opportunity to grow content with her decision to parent the new family member.

Dad, however, goes about his daily routine, pretty much unaffected by what’s going on inside the womb. Oh, he’s supportive and excited, but compared to Mom, he’s an observer. Until delivery time. Then Dad’s world takes on new meaning. He looks into the face of the new life and is faced with the realization: “I’m the father of this child.” You might call it a “delivery room discovery.”

At this point a good dad makes a big decision. He has to decide to become a father.And that decision sets up dominoes of decisions he will make for the rest of his life. It’s a rational choice to alter his life, schedule, direction, and priorities in order to be a good dad to the tiny life in his arms.

Fathering a child is, for many, not difficult. But being a father is! It’s the first and most important decision of fathers: to make a conscientious choice to be a father.