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Psalms 68:5-6 NLT Father to the fatherless, defender of widows— this is God, whose dwelling is holy. God places the lonely in families; he sets the prisoners free and gives them joy. But he makes the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.

We now understand the importance of a father and a family, but God, our Creator, voiced this importance through David thousands of years ago. 

When we don’t have a present father or a loving family, most people have emotional or psychological issues. They may suffer from depression, they may join gangs to have a sense of family, engage in premarital sex to have a sense of love, or stay in abusive relationships to keep the family intact.

These issues aren’t God’s will for us, which is why He made Himself to be Father to the fatherless, and He strategically placed people around us to be a substitute family. They may not be our biological family, but we can benefit from them just the same, if not more.

Even if you’re older, allow God to be the father you always needed and accept the family He’s placed around you. The earlier we can accept the Father and family He provided, the better off we’ll be.