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The Impact of Fatherhood on Childhood
David Thomson:
Do you really feel like it messed up your childhood, not having a dad?
Nathan Hayes:
More than you know. I struggled with who I was, trying to prove myself. I almost got in a gang. You know, if fathers just did what they're supposed to do, half of the junk we face on the streets wouldn't exist. Why you worried about it? You nervous about being a father one day?
David Thomson:
I already am one.
Nathan Hayes: [In surprise]
You got a kid?
David Thomson:
A little girl. She's four now. I was playing ball in college, hooked up with a cheerleader. I told her to take care of it, she didn't do it. So I got mad and left her to deal with it herself. You know, she lives thirty minutes away now, and I can't bring myself to go see her.
Nathan Hayes:
She married?
David Thomson:
No. I just never really loved her, you know. And then, hearing you guys talking about how, fathers walking out mess up the kids. And then seeing this stuff. I don't wanna be one of those guys.
Nathan Hayes:
David, part of being a man is about taking responsibility. Any fool can have a child.
David Thomson:
I'm just tired of feeling guilty.
Nathan Hayes:
Well, let me break it to you this way: you are guilty. Listen, one day, you, me, and every one of us is gonna have to stand before God. And He's gonna do what good judges do.
David Thomson:
Well then, I hope my good outweighs my bad, Nathan.
Nathan Hayes:
That's not the way it works, you know that. Let me put it this way: who's the person you're closest to?
David Thomson:
Probably my mom.
Nathan Hayes:
Okay. Suppose she was brutally attacked and murdered in a parking lot. The guy was caught, and put on trial. But he says, "Hey judge, I committed this crime, but, I've done a lot of good in my life." If the judge let him go free, would you say he's a good judge or a bad judge?
David Thomson:
A bad one.
Nathan Hayes: [David nods]
That's right. Because the Bible says that God is a good judge, and He will punish the guilty, not for what they did right, but for what they did wrong. Because He loved us, He sent His son, Jesus Christ, to take the punishment that we deserve, and put it on himself. And that's why he died on the cross. But it only applies if you accept it. That's why I asked for His forgiveness. I asked Him to save me. And I'm a new man because of Christ. Do you understand what I'm telling you? Then what's holding you back?
David Thomson:
Nothing.
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