Fathering for Eternity by Lyndon Azcuna
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ads, how do we want our children to live 40 years after we’re gone? What if we expanded that time frame out even further—400 years later, or 4000? I hope this question causes us to pause for a moment. In life’s big picture, what is the legacy we want to leave? Paul exhorts us, ”Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things” (Colossians 3:1-2). Or, as has often been quoted, “Life is short, death is certain, and eternity is long.” Fathers have been given a precious treasure by God—children. We are God’s stewards of
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