It's a straw man. The drug menace we face is a symptom of an even bigger issue. It is happening all over the world, and if we are not careful, it will happen in our homes.
Fatherlessness is a problem. Every man must learn that the consequences of his poor decisions not only impacts his own family but society at large. We are sorely missing men who provide for his family responsibly, love his wife, mentor his children - basically, men who keeps the promises he makes.
A society without these fathers is fertile ground for any leader who will act like a dependable tatay. He will fill a vacuum in the hearts of men and women longing for the stability and strength of a loving father. When men abdicates their role to lead, discipline and protect their families, people will appropriate to the government this holy role. Parenting will no longer be a child sitting on her father's lap to be taught, it will be written in laws, implemented in statutes and enforced by state agents legal or otherwise.
And so we go back to the cause. We recognize the straw man for what it is - straws. We go back to the heart of the problem that so often eludes us because it hurts too much to discuss. Where are the fathers?
And then there is God. Who reveals Himself in the poet's words as the "father to the fatherless." The Abba Father. The only hope for the world. Let us know Him for ourselves, this perfect father. He who leads perfectly, loves sacrificially, and protects mightily.
Fatherlessness is a problem. Every man must learn that the consequences of his poor decisions not only impacts his own family but society at large. We are sorely missing men who provide for his family responsibly, love his wife, mentor his children - basically, men who keeps the promises he makes.
A society without these fathers is fertile ground for any leader who will act like a dependable tatay. He will fill a vacuum in the hearts of men and women longing for the stability and strength of a loving father. When men abdicates their role to lead, discipline and protect their families, people will appropriate to the government this holy role. Parenting will no longer be a child sitting on her father's lap to be taught, it will be written in laws, implemented in statutes and enforced by state agents legal or otherwise.
And so we go back to the cause. We recognize the straw man for what it is - straws. We go back to the heart of the problem that so often eludes us because it hurts too much to discuss. Where are the fathers?
And then there is God. Who reveals Himself in the poet's words as the "father to the fatherless." The Abba Father. The only hope for the world. Let us know Him for ourselves, this perfect father. He who leads perfectly, loves sacrificially, and protects mightily.
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