Faithful Fatherhood: Run Your Race Well

Fatherhood isn’t about how you start. It’s about how you finish.

Any man can have a child, but it takes perseverance, grit, and the Spirit’s power to raise one in the Lord — day after day, year after year, through joy and heartbreak, discipline and delight.

Paul didn’t say, “I got it right every time.” He said, “I didn’t quit.”

That’s the mark of a faithful father.

Your kids don’t need perfection. They need presence.

They need you to keep showing up — in the mundane, in the mess, in the moments that feel like they don’t matter. Because the little things are the legacy.

And when you’ve run with integrity, they’ll remember more than what you taught — they’ll remember who you were.

Keep the faith.

Run the race.

Finish well.

Prayer

Lord, give me the strength to endure. Let me be a father who is steady, faithful, and full of grace. Help me run my race with perseverance — not for my own glory, but so my children may see Christ in me, even to the end. Amen.