Between father and daughter there is a mutual invisible connection that is established from the moment this little girl comes into the world. God embedded in the female heart a natural emotional attraction to the opposite sex, and this property of the female soul never ceases to amaze and attract the male half of the world. Taking in his arms such a priceless gift from the Lord, every father experiences something special in his heart and begins to understand that this living being is entrusted to his power, from whom he must make a worthy person.
The very consciousness that another little woman has appeared in your life never ceases to gladden the heart. And this is your native little person forever, and you can't get away from her, and you don't need to.
A believing father accepts this priceless gift from the Lord with special gratitude, understanding that enormous responsibility for the life and upbringing of this soul is placed upon him. And from this time the Lord begins to endow His faithful servant with the wisdom of a father, so that through him He can reveal to this new young soul the beauty of God's character, manifested in the life and attitude of her daddy.
The father's role in his daughter's life is very great and influential. It's not difficult for a woman to understand a woman, but masculine logic and the masculine view of life of an adult person always attracts a girl's consciousness. In the example of a believing daddy she sees the image of the Heavenly Father, the image of a real man is formed in her, she realizes her security, recognition and support and receives the love her heart so desperately needs.
According to researchers' observations, it was revealed that daughters who receive more emotional support from their fathers have high self-confidence and positive self-esteem. Also, the father, with his love and care, lays in his daughter's consciousness the foundation for her future relationships with the opposite sex and builds strong trusting relationships for a long time, filling the daughter's emotional needs for masculine love. Such influence of the father protects the young woman from many temptations and prevents her from building questionable relationships with men on the side.
A living example of the father's love for the mother lays the foundation in female worldview about what correct and healthy family relationships should be like, which protects the girl from superficial and toxic personalities seeking quick pleasures. The father's unconditional love satisfies the girl's need for masculine attention and she doesn't go looking for the lack of this love on the side, which protects her from many troubles.
Girls are very observant of how their father treats their mother, how he cares for her, how he serves her, how he communicates with her. All loving relationships between parents create in the young lady's consciousness a solid image of future family and form her life position regarding her future.
Having a loving father in her home, a girl has special strength in this to overcome many difficulties and complex trials. When she knows that she has a daddy who always loves her and who always needs her, then it will be easier for her to go through various life storms and she will always know that her father will support her, comfort her and give the right assessment to everything that happened.
A loving daddy doesn't hide his feelings from his daughter, but constantly convinces her of his love and affirms his friendliness with this. He doesn't hide that he takes strength to love from the one true Source of life and often demonstrates how these requests to God should sound. When a daughter hears her name in her father's prayers, then understanding of dependence on God is formed in her heart and that only He is the doer of all goods and indisputable Authority for all living.
The role of the father as priest in the family builds in the daughter's mind the image of a spiritual leader to whom one can turn with many important questions and receive correct answers.
A father who always keeps his word and fulfills what he promises creates in the girl's consciousness a solid foundation for all her expectations. It will be very easy for her to accept that if her father is so faithful to his words, then the Heavenly Father will also fulfill what He promised in His word.
Wise fatherly instructions, with the support and reminder of the Holy Spirit, will guide the girl's life until old age and she will be able to pass these instructions on to her children.
A daughter loved by her father knows that her value consists not in her achievements, appearance or success, but in how unique and irreplaceable a personality she is in her family. Such a daughter understands that a man in the family is support, encouragement, inspirer, comforter, a treasury of ideas and one on whom you can always rely.
The world will always impose its values and offer its stereotypes, but with a wise father a girl will always be protected from harmful influence and her father will always show her a different view of many things and protect her consciousness from many temptations.
A woman's happiness takes its beginning in the parental home from relationships with father and mother. When a girl knows that her father always loves and accepts her, this gives her such strength that she is able to overcome and endure everything, even when it's very hard. And spiritual foundation opens to her the path to complete trust in God, Who is always near and will always protect when something goes wrong.
The father's gentleness and tenderness and, at the same time, his firmness and justice in observing God's principles help the daughter realize the importance and immutability of God's commandments and recommendations and give understanding of how tenderly the Lord loves all His children and carries them in His arms.
The father is also a protector of his daughter, both in the physical world and from spiritual attacks from outside. He is always near and when necessary takes her in his arms, making it clear that her safety is in reliable hands. And the father's prayers in such cases teach girls to find refuge in God.
The father's honesty in all matters teaches the daughter to be the same principled and virtuous woman. She is not afraid of responsibility because she has a positive example in her parents' lives.
God-fearing father and mother have a goal in their influence and upbringing, so that their children at the right time will make their personal covenant with God and build their personal relationships with the true Head of their church.
A wise father, engaging in raising his daughter, teaches her to make right decisions, choosing her life path, helps in choosing further education, profession, place of work, and also gives valuable advice in choosing a life companion and how to behave in the company of the opposite sex.
A loving father teaches his daughter to be feminine and shares with her the masculine worldview on feminine beauty, on assessment of dignity, on what she should not be and what men like in women. "The words of the wise are like nails driven in" remain in the daughter's heart for many years and protect from many mistakes.
And if problems occur, then from the father's example the daughter was taught not to sigh from what happened, but to seek wise solution and way out of any situation.
The woman from the 31st chapter of the book of Proverbs clearly demonstrates to us what those girls achieve who had wise and God-fearing fathers who taught their daughter to be an example for all future generations.
Questions for Reflection
Please read Ephesians 5:25; Job 42:13-15; 3 John 1:4; Genesis 46:6-7; Numbers 30:4-6; Deuteronomy 23:17; Psalm 77:5-7; 143:12; Isaiah 60:4; Joel 2:28; Acts 21:8-9, in light of this lesson. What other verses from the Bible came to your mind? What did you understand from this lesson? Do you think that a virtuous and righteous wife is someone's daughter? Why is the father's role considered so important in the life and upbringing of a daughter for God? How does the father's love for the mother influence the formation of the daughter's worldview? Why do girls, observing their parents' relationships, form a stable model of future family? Can the absence of fatherly love influence a girl's desire to seek attention on the side? Why is it important for a father to openly express his love to his daughter? How does a father help his daughter realize the immutability of God's principles? How does a father influence his daughter's perception of femininity and beauty? What qualities are cultivated in a girl through observing her father's example? How does a father teach his daughter to seek solutions rather than dwell on problems? How does the father's example help a daughter become the woman from Proverbs chapter 31?