Blair Lynn says her earthly father's absence led her to believe her heavenly father would be distant to.

You know, I view God as just a judge who pardoned my sin, but not a father.

Not a father who's tender, who loves me, who cares for me, who sings over me, right?

Who has graciously chosen me, chosen me.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walggelland, author of Adorned.

For August 14, 2025, gets hard. Sounds like that could be a theme

for a lot of months, right? But our hope is to approach your suffering and your difficulties

by gently applying God's word to various scenarios

you may encounter. Today we're going to look at one specific type of suffering. That's the pain

of fatherlessness. And that's a tender subject for many, I know. The statistics suggest that

here in the U.S., one in four children is growing up without a

father in the home. So if you've not felt this pain personally, it's highly likely that you know

someone who has. And let me say, I'm so glad you're here today. We're going to listen to part one of a

message Blair Lynn gave in a breakout session

at a True Woman conference sponsored by Revive Our Hearts. Blair is a Bible teacher, an actor,

and a spoken word artist. And she's also the author of Finding My Father, How the Gospel Heels the

Pain of Fatherlessness. If you've experienced an absent earthly father,

Blair understands. She gets that, and she had some powerful wisdom to share based on her own

experience. Let's listen now to Blair Lynn.

If you have a piece of paper, if you have a pencil or pen, I'm going to kind of start us off with a question. It's something I want you to think about and write down.

I want you to consider what adjective you would use to describe how you feel

when you think about your earthly father. What's the adjective that you think about, that best describes you,

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