Some grow up without fathers. Some lead solitary lives without families. But, those are earthly fathers and earthly families. Through prayer, every person can have a Father, and Family.
"A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitations. God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains." (Psalms 68:5-6)
I heard a story today, from a young woman who was kidnapped, in essence, in 2005, and (thinking she was but taking a job in Tijuana) forced to come to the United States. She fears telling her story, lest she should be deported. And, she fears going back to Mexico, lest the cartels might extort or harm her.
Who did she turn to when she arrived in America? She made contact with her church, and eventually escaped her captors in a wheelchair. (Her leg was broken when she was forced to jump the border fence to get into America.)
She has not seen her family since, although she has, of course, been able to speak to them. She has, in some ways, had a "solitary" life and a life "bound with chains."
Who has she had to turn to? I would say God has been family to her, and provided family for her, giving her one family and then another to live with, and then a husband to be with, while she has searched for comfort in a land that refuses to accept her.
God has been her father. On Father's Day, I would say no person has a better father than the Father of us all.
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