Unfortunately, too many children grow up not knowing their fathers or visiting them only a few times a month. Children with fathers who not only love them and live under the same roof, but who love their mothers, are fortunate indeed.
No matter what your marital or residential status is, you can still do the right thing by your children, especially daughters. A long time ago and far, far away, fathers used to serve as a filter, so to speak, something or someone a boy/young man had to pass through to get to the girl/young woman.
In those ancient of days, young men were intimindated by fathers, and rightly so. They had to present their case and listen to fathers lecture them about how they expected their daughters to be treated. Do fathers still do that? I know, I’m so retro.
For Christian fathers of daughters looking for guidance, help has arrived in the form of What He Must Be…If He Wants to Marry My Daughter, by pastor and author Voddie Baucham, Jr. God has a clear picture of the role a father and husband plays in the home. Baucham breaks down the picture into 10 godly qualities fathers should look for in a future son-in-law. Among these are:
He must be a Christ follower;
He must be prepared to lead;
He must lead like Christ;
He must be committed to children (which includes a commitment to have them, invest in them, and support them).
In each category, Baucham includes arguments for these propositions and provides biblical answers to the most common objections. What He Must Be…If He Wants to Marry My Daughter is based on the author’s research and interviews, and he included personal anecdotes about being a father to four children. By the way, the book also serves as a guideline on how to raise godly sons…extremely important
