Happy Father's Day!

My Dad,

Always a teacher

Loves and respects my Mother

Helps and guides my family through trials

Crazy fun Grandpa :)

I love you Dad!

Charles.

Always shows love.

Always helps me out.

Makes our family a priority.

I Love him!


In the Book Of Mormon there is the story of Helaman and his two thousand stripling sons. When we hear this story we most often think of the mothers who taught them of God and His power and love. They say they did not doubt that God would deliver them because they believed the words of their mothers. But there is another part of this story. A part which talks of the fathers. In Alma 56:27 it says, "there was brought unto us many provisions from the fathers of those two thousand sons." As far as I understand the army was not very close to home so these fathers left the rest of their family at home while they traveled to bring their sons these provisions. I cant help but think of how these fathers must have felt, they had made an oath not to bear weapons of war and they were true to that promise, so in their stead they had sent their sons. I don't think these sons were very old, ranging from 16-19 (I am not sure a religion teacher told me that) but the fathers, having been in many battles themselves, were well aware of the horrors of battle that their sons would face. So they did what they could for them. The role of the Father is to provide, and so they did. What a great example of the love a father can have.

This is a great video on Father's which the church has put out.