The Editor, Sir:

Fathers are the glory of their children and children's children are the crown of old men.

My four children honoured their father and grandfather on Father's Day. They spoke to the fact that they were not perfect (as no earthly father is), but they were truly the best father and grandfather any children could have.

I know everyone does not have fathers like them as there are terrible fathers, violent fathers and absent fathers. But I know that there is a heavenly Father who promises to shelter those who do not have an earthly father to guide and protect them. He promises to care for them even if their mother and father forsake them. He promises that He will be a father to the fatherless and a defender of widows.

Without the mooring of our historical fathers and the guidance of our present fathers, we are floundering in a morass of self-centered materialism without a vision for our own future and that of our children. And what do we do?

Standards

There is a heavenly father who does not change, nor is He subject to the changing whims of culture. Only in Him can we find stability. His standards endure, giving us a foundation upon which we can build family, culture, government and nations. Without His standards, we are adrift with every man deciding right and wrong in his own eyes.

See what we have today?

May God raise up hundreds of thousands of men to be truly great fathers at a time when families, churches and nations need them most.

I am, etc.,

MILLICENT BATTICK

Sbat65@gmail.com

13 Sunnyfield Drive

Kingston 19