A Fathers Heart

This book was not written by your judge. It was written by somebody's daughter.

I know — in my own body, in my own story — what a father's heart can do to a house. For good. And for harm. My own father was a pillar in the community, and in private he hurt me in ways it took decades to heal from. That is exactly why every chapter of this book ends the same way: with the way back.

A FATHER'S HEART names the seven old traps that steal a dad — lust, greed, envy, wrath, gluttony, sloth, and pride — the ones the church has named for centuries. Not to label you a bad man. Every father alive has felt every one of them. A trap is not who you are. A trap is just where a good man gets stuck.

Each chapter shows you what the trap looks like at home, what it quietly costs the people who love you, the way back out of it, a prayer to pray out loud, and one small step to take the same day. Because fathers are not rebuilt in a weekend. They are rebuilt in Tuesdays.

There's a chapter for grandfathers too — the second watch — and a blessing over fathers to close.

A father sets the weather in a home. This book is a daughter standing in that weather, telling fathers the truth in love: you matter more than you know. Your kids will remember your presence louder than your paycheck. And it is not too late for any man reading this page.

A trap is not who you are. Come back, Dad. Come back.

— Violet Monica

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