Prayer can help them gain a clear perspective of what it means to be a good father, and open the door for the Holy Spirit to show them how to handle the parenting challenges that arise.
If they are tortured with doubt and burdened by a sense of responsibility, we can minimize these feelings with our prayers. I believe this is what can happen for our husbands when we pray about their parenting. Have you ever had someone pray for you when you couldn’t think straight, and after they prayed you had complete clarity and vision? I’ve experienced that countless times. Or we’re afraid we haven’t done it well enough, or we’re missing something.” “We get so caught up in doing what we do in our work that we’re afraid we haven’t done enough with our children.
“I believe it’s something men in general tend to fear,” he said.
When I asked my husband to share with me his deepest fears, one of the things he mentioned was the fear of not being a good father.
