Fathers help shape us into the people we are and will become in life.  Some of us have wonderful fathers and look forward to conversations involving them.  Others, however, have not had their biological fathers in their lives or have not had them as the best father figure to look up to in life.  Instead, they have had to rely on other men to fill that role.  Whether it was a grandfather, step-father, or an older man that came into their lives and took the child under their wing to mentor to them, men have an unique role in the lives of children all over the world.

“SHOW ME THE FATHER is the film our nation needs to see. We have become a society that
devalues and mocks fathers, but God created the role of fatherhood for a very specific
purpose. Many of our children feel unwanted and unworthy because half of their identity is
absent. Fathers are necessary for the next generation to heal.”
– Nona Jones, Author, Pastor, Speaker, and Executive

The movie SHOW ME THE FATHER is another beautiful movie from the Kendrick Brothers, who are well known for the movies COURAGEOUS, WAR ROOM, and FIRE PROOF.  It is their first documentary, though, and people might groan when they initially hear that.   However, this documentary shares true stories with wisdom and such power from fathers like Jim Daly (from Focus on the Family), Sherman Smith, Stephen Kendrick, and Dr. Tony Evans.  These influential men share their stories and also share the fatherhood of God as well, stressing to us the importance of leaning on our Heavenly Father.  God is good all the time, in every situation and circumstance, even if we may not see any good in the situation at the moment.  God is ever present, and He is the father we can lean on and into no matter what we face in our lives, even at the hands of our own fathers.

Show Me The Father will be in theaters September 10, 2021, and I encourage you to go see this movie.  Take your families with you!!  Share with others who may be blessed by the true life stories and what we can all gain from these influential men.

I realize that everyone’s father story is unique to them, just as the men in our lives are unique.  There is no one else like them, and while my father story is a happy one, others do not have a happy story when thinking of their own fathers.  My oldest daughter struggles with the difficult relationship she has had through the years with her own biological father.  So I understand, and I know first hand some of the challenges she has faced and is presently facing, even at the age of 24 years old.  Unfortunately, her father/daughter relationship has been a painful source of heartbreak, and it still affects her today.  Our fathers very much affect who we are, and are at the core of our identity and direction our lives take.  They can help mold us and inspire us, or they can be the reason we question why we aren’t loved or “enough” for them to want a deeper relationship with us.  Such has been the heartbreaking case for my daughter, and I have cried tears right along with her over this.  There is not anything in the world wrong with my daughter – and never has been – yet it has pained me greatly that my daughter has questioned her own worth and value due to her father’s inability to be actively involved, take a lead role in her life loving her and being there as a father SHOULD be!  Just recently, they had another falling out due to his inability to acknowledge how the things he has said and done have her hurt.  Instead of accepting responsibility for his actions and words, he chose to invalidate her feelings yet again and place the blame elsewhere instead of with the person he sees in the mirror daily looking back at him, where it belongs.  Sadly, instead of owning up to and correcting his behavior, things escalated to where she has decided not to try any longer with him.  It saddens me greatly because my father is so very important in my life!  HE is my rock, and the one I always turn to no matter what.  My daddy is my everything, and it breaks my heart that my oldest daughter does not have this type of relationship with her biological father.  Things could have been so different in her life and their relationship; however, he has chosen to become emotionally disconnected over these years, and in our eyes, has dropped the ball in his role as her biological father.  Thankfully, all faith in men has not been lost, as she looks up to MY father with such love and admiration, as well as her step-father.  Together, these two men have picked up the shattered pieces of my daughter’s heart and helped restore her faith in what a father is supposed to be.   Her future husband has been instrumental in this as well, as these three men have helped change her view of fatherhood.  She and her husband will strive even more so now to give their own children (when that day comes) two sets of parents that will move Heaven and Earth to be there for them, loving, nurturing, and making memories!  I’m thankful for these men that have chosen to step up and show her what being a father is truly all about, and my heart is thankful these men have shown her the unconditional love and devotion of a father for their daughter/granddaughter.

Similar stories like our own will be told in this documentary, and it will have us all thinking more along the lines of the fatherhood of God as well.  Show Me The Father has five men sharing their true stories.  There will be story lines, of course, along with plot twists you didn’t see coming, but the movie will inspire and encourage you to be the best father YOU men out there can be for your daughters!

Watch the trailer here.  

SHOW ME THE FATHER is a film the entire family needs to see, so why not go together to watch it?  Be sure to get your tickets at showmethefathermovie.com and join families every where in theaters beginning September 10, 2021.

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