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thedailyarticle.com. Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

Joe Duncan came home from working a 12-hour shift as a cement technician to learn that

his daughter was having difficulty breathing.

His wife Sarah wanted to take her to the hospital, but Joe had returned to a morning

shift a few hours later.

She encouraged him to stay home and rest, but he insisted on making the one-hour drive with his family to the hospital.

Their daughter received treatment and was cleared to go home after two hours.

Sarah found Joe napping on the hospital floor, using the car seat as a pillow.

She took his picture and wrote,

I was looking at him thinking how thankful I am for him

and how I wouldn't want to do this life without him. Her post went viral. Father's Day gave us all

an opportunity to thank our fathers and to thank our father for our fathers. Being there, showing up,

and doing life with our families is the foundation of fatherhood.

Here's the problem with this wonderful story, however. Being there is essential, but it's not enough.

Sincerity is not enough. The Bible tells us in Deuteronomy 6-7 that parents are to teach God's word

diligently to your children when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way,

and when you lay down, and when you rise. God's word also tells men how to be good husbands.

Colossians 319 says, husbands love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

And Ephesians 528 says, husbands should love their wives as their own bodies.

Sincerity is essential, but it is not enough.

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