Dear Fathers

“Dear Fathers”

Verse 1

Dear fathers, where were you

When your babies needed your hand?

When they took their first steps,

When they tried to understand?

Where were you when they cried,

Or when life became too hard?

Children shouldn’t have to wonder

If they’re worthy of your heart.

Chorus

Dear fathers, your presence matters,

More than money, more than gifts.

A child remembers who’s beside them

When life begins to shift.

Your sons need your example,

Your daughters need your care.

The greatest gift a father gives

Is simply being there.

Verse 2

Some of these children grew stronger,

Some still carry the pain.

Trying to understand your absence,

Trying to heal again.

But God became their refuge,

When answers never came.

And though your chapter may be missing,

God still covered every page.

Bridge

To every absent father,

There’s still time to make things right.

A phone call, a conversation,

Could change a child’s whole life.

Outro

Because little boys become men,

And little girls become women too.

And the love you give—or fail to give—

Can follow their whole journey through.