My job as a father is, like any parent, to try to show our children what it means to look like Jesus and to point them to Christ.

That is my first and foremost responsibility to them as a father.

You're listening to God Hears Her, a podcast for women, where we explore the stunning truth that God hears you, he sees you, and he loves you because you are his.

Find out how these realities free you today on God Hears Her.

Welcome to God Hears Her.

I'm Erin Eddie Atkins.

And I'm Elisa Morgan.

Father's Day is a day celebrated by many and dreaded by others.

Those of us who grew up in a home without stable dads or who have rocky relationships with our fathers may feel a bit alone on this day.

But today we want to encourage you with personal stories and wisdom from Ryan Clevenger, a podcast producer at our Daily Bread Ministries who works on Where You From.

Ryan is the father of four daughters, despite many ups and downs.

Erin, let's have Ryan share his story of how his family came to be in this conversation

on God hears her.

How I got four daughters, that is a very interesting and complicated story. Okay, take us. Take us. We like complicated.

So I actually, I am married and my wife Jenny was actually on God hears her before.

Had a great conversation. I will do my best not to talk about her because as my friends know, I often would prefer to talk about her

and the things that she has done because I think she is an amazing, a woman who's done

amazing things and whose life is much more exciting than mine. But when we were married for

about four years, we had our first daughter, whose name is Eleanor.

And she actually came two months early.

So she was a pre-me.

So that's around 32 weeks.

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