I always wonder what kind of father I wanted to be.
Let’s look at the relationship Christ had with his Father.
D&C 50:43
And the Father and I are one. I am in the Father and the Father in me;
John 17 – pleads
Matthew 7:9-10
Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask abread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
Moses 2:1
…by mine Only Begotten I created these things…
Abraham 3:27
…Here am I, send me…And the Lord said: I will dsend the first.
Moses 4:2
But, behold, my Beloved Son, which was my Beloved and Chosen from the beginning, said unto me – Father, thy will be done, and the glory be thine forever.
Let’s look at the relationship our Father in heaven had with his Son.
Matthew 27:46
…My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? …
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Joseph Smith – History 1:17
…When the light rested upon me I bsaw two cPersonages, whose brightness and dglory defy all description, estanding above me in the air. One of them spake unto me, calling me by name and said, pointing to the other—This is My fBeloved gSon. Hear Him!
Now, let’s look at our relationship with our children
Ether 12:4
Wherefore, whoso believeth in God might with asuretybhope for a better world, yea, even a place at the right hand of God, which chope cometh of dfaith, maketh an eanchor to the souls of men, which would make them sure and steadfast, always abounding in fgood works, being led to gglorify God.