Courageous Page #6

from studying scripture.

I wanna sign this as a resolution

of what kind of father I wanna be.

I'm giving you guys permission

to keep me accountable.

Can I sign this too?

Fine. Adam, if you're gonna do this,

maybe we should all just sign it.

No, no, no. I'm not asking

you guys to sign anything.

I need this. Dylan needs this.

If you wanna sign it,

take a few days to think about it.

I'm not doing this lightly.

And you're saying

you wanna do this too?

That's what I'm saying.

I thought I was good enough because

I was doing better than my father.

But that resolution

hit me right between the eyes.

Baby...

there are some days

I'm glad I married you.

And there are other days I'm really,

really, really glad I married you.

And this is one of those

really good days.

It's a really, really good day, huh?

Mm-hm.

By the way, what does this resolution

look like that you're signing?

What do you mean?

This is not the paper

you're gonna sign.

This is computer paper.

A resolution is something that a

father frames and posts on the wall.

We didn't talk about all that.

And how will you be signing it?

Not in jeans and a T-shirt.

Something like this needs ceremony.

A ceremony?

Yes, Nathan.

I see a group of well-dressed men

and their wives and children

making this all official.

Baby, if you're gonna do this,

then do it right.

So this resolution deal

has gotten pretty big, huh?

We decided if we're gonna do it,

we're gonna do it right.

Yeah, suits and everything.

Nathan, can I ask you something?

Yeah, what's up?

Do you really feel like it messed up

your childhood not having a dad?

More than you know.

I struggled with who I was,

trying to prove myself.

I almost got in a gang.

If fathers did

what they're supposed to,

half of the junk that we face

on the streets wouldn't exist.

Why are you worried about it?

You nervous about

being a father one day?

I already am one.

You got a kid?

A little girl.

She's 4 now.

I was playing ball in college,

hooked up with a cheerleader.

I told her to take care of it,

but she didn't do it.

So I got mad

and left her to deal with it herself.

You know she lives 30 minutes away,

and I can't bring myself to go see her?

She married?

No.

I just never really loved her,

you know?

Hearing you talk about how fathers

walking out messed up the kids,

and then seeing this stuff...

I don't wanna be

one of those guys.

David, part of being a man

is about taking responsibility.

Any fool can have a child.

I'm just tired of feeling guilty.

Let me break it to you this way.

You are guilty.

Listen, one day,

you, me and every one of us

are gonna have to stand

before God,

and he's gonna do

what good judges do.

Well, then I hope my good

outweighs my bad, Nathan.

That's not the way it works.

You know that.

Let me put it this way.

Who's the person

you're closest to?

Probably my mom.

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 was a good or a bad judge?

A bad one.

That's right.

The Bible says

that God is a good judge

and 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?

Nothing.

# I ran away from your love #

# But you waited for me #

# Yes, you waited for me #

#And then I heard your song #

# Singing over me #

# Now that I hear you, Lord #

# I wanna know you more #

# Sing your song to me #

# Oh, there's no greater thing #

# Than to listen to the sound

Of your voice #

# The sound of your voice ##

# I'd like to sail the lands afar #

# Out on a boat that's built for two #

# Beneath the canopy of stars #

# That would be just like

A dream come true #

# Just to be with you #

# And oh, oh, oh, oh

When we're together #

# Oh, oh, oh, oh #

When you're ready to dance,

this is what you do.

First, you put your right hand

around my waist like this.

Then you hold your other hand out

like this.

Then we sway back and forth

to the music.

# I'd like a castle on a hill #

# Where you and I

Could spend the day #

# And I'd love to go

Where time stands still #

# And all that doesn't matter

Fades away #

# You are here with me #

# And oh, oh, oh, oh

When we're together ##

Lord, thank you

for the nine years I had Emily.

I'm grateful.

I don't know if I can ask this...

but would you tell her

I did my side of the dance?

Javi.

I love it. It's perfect.

I don't know.

Should I have done this?

Yes. Put it on for me.

Right now?

Right now. I wanna see you in it.

No, no, no. Here, let me do it.

Yes, this is Daddy's suit he'll

wear to his ceremony next week.

We'll all be wearing

our very best.

I feel like a rich man.

You are a rich man.

You have a strong faith,

children that love you.

Yeah, and a wife that adores you.

Stop it, Carmen.

Don't make me cry

in front of the children.

Starting today, I'm

implementing a new code of ethics

for the entire sheriff's office.

No matter how you feel

about another employee,

I want you to keep

your personal feelings to yourself.

I don't wanna hear

how much you love me

or any other staff member.

It's inappropriate, it's awkward,

and it's unacceptable.

And Corporal Mitchell...

I gotcha.

I love you, Adam.

I can't tell you what an honor

this is for me today.

To hear the commitment

that you men are making

for your faith and your families

was almost overwhelming.

Nathan, I'd like for you

to come and stand before me

and your wife and children

to stand beside me.

My son in the faith, I took joy

in mentoring you as a young man,

and today I take joy

in blessing you as a godly father.

Are you ready to make this

commitment before God and your family?

Yes, I am.

Then I'd like for you

to repeat after me.

I, Nathan Hayes,

do solemnly resolve before God...

To take full responsibility for myself,

my wife and my children.

That I will take full responsibility

for myself, my wife and my children.

I will love them,

protect them and serve them...

And teach them the statutes of God

as the spiritual leader of my home.

I will be faithful to my wife,

to love and honor her...

And be willing to lay down my life

for her, as Christ did for me.

I will teach my son

to love God

with all of his heart, all of his mind,

and all of his strength.

I will teach my son to love God

with all of his heart, all of his mind,

and all of his strength.

And I will train him to honor

authority and live responsibly.

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