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  • I dedicated this song to a friend of mine, Because even if her dad left her and her mom, I want her to know that she will never be fatherless, because she has jesus who is watching over her and god who is giving her the strength to move forward. Happy birthday MJ

  • this song really had an effect on me bc that gurl was me. From the father not being there to being alone at the clinic. I was 22 and jus about to graduate college. My life was jus beginning, I didn't need a baby. But I thank God for being with me at that moment and giving me the strength to walk out of that clinic. He has blessed me with a healthy child. Now 4 yrs old. I love this song. and I know it has touched a lot of ppl not only me

  • Only I'love God my King

  • I cannot get through this whole song without tearing up..seriously..It's the story of my life(well not the baby part.)but yeah it is what I always want for my birthday.Thank you Lord for giving me another year

  • Great song.

  • Great song!

  • oh and by the way im 18 about to turn 19 and i also have a daughter who is 6 months old and when i found out my husband cheated on me she was only 4 weeks old when he did it :( it hurt really bad

  • @mommyhantz I don't know who you are, but God somehow told me to tell you that your daughter loves you very much and that you are doing a good job being her mom!

  • i know God loves me unconditionally but i still feel like i need that affection of a man that i guess is the fathers responsibility..thats why fathers need to be there for their little girl...because they end up confused and hurt like me. :( my dad is in my life today and trying very hard and in church but it still doesnt take away all the yrs of him not being there :(

  • we have almost been married for 3 yrs this may but are getting divorced next yr and im so happy because a coule months ago i found out he had cheated on me several times. but my point is im still looking for love in all the wrong places i dont even know what it feels like to truley be loved by someone and it hurts really bad....

  • wow im still crying from this video my dad was never there for me untill i turned 13 almost 14 yrs old...i found out i was pregnant 1 week before my 16th bday...got married on my 16th bday moved to texas with him and he hit me we fought all the time he was jealous and always made me feel horrible about myself...when my son was born the abuse didnt stop untill my son was about 7 or 8 months old...

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  • This song is awesome because it shows that God can do all things and bring us out of anything. My dad wasn't in my life when I was little and now he just gives me money when I need it. Fatherhood is more than providing for your children, it's about loving them as well. I'm glad Jesus was there to pick up the pieces of my life and I'm better off now with God in my life.

  • @drmmer101 that would be gr8! so many ppl needed this as a child, its good to know soneone else cares. thx

  • So powerful~I hope to hear this live this summer at Ignitefest! God Bless all of you in your ministry!

  • I cry every time I

  • awsome and great song!!

  • This video and song was played at a weekend for Catholic men in Brisbane, Australia. It spoke to me, as a father whose two children are both with the Lord, and it was offered as a challenge to all men - as fathers, as husbands and as men of God - to step out, embrace our responsibilities and to be willing to tackle the 'wild beasts' we encounter in the desert! An awesome challenge and i was moved to tears by the story in the clip. Thank you Casting Crowns.

  • i love this

  • This song has hurt ever since I first heard it on the CD. I had to move to another state after my divorce because of the job market. Now I get to see my princess once or twice a year. I worry for her as she gets ready to enter junior high.

  • @MrSierraDreams just let ur princess know how much you love her. instead of sending her a text sned her a hand written letter with a picture of you two together on a random day so she knows you love her everyday, not just on her bday

  • I love god sooooo much and he ALWAYS watches over us:D

  • This song speaks to me! :') God loves everybody! He WILL be a father to the fatherless!

  • And I will no longer daddy's little girl

  • I sometimes see my dad but I think he likes my brother and the new baby Jenna better

  • (tears)

    

  • Wow. I absolutely love this song. ❤❤

  • today i'm 21. I used to dislike my birthday because i felt old every year but now i realize that I'm so blessed to be alive. Thank you Jesus.

  • Can't stop crying the song and testimonies are just BEAUTIFUL and to all people fatherless out there... There isn't a better father that Jesus... Keep it up... and just be faithful in God and His Word!!! =D

  • ...My dad and mom had gotten a divorse when i was 5 years old ;( sometimes i think i have it rough, but i'm not the onky one out there who is fatherless. I still see him. But EVERYTIME i Smile when we talk about it, Its a mask. I miss him with all my heart and i want him back home... I'm Not Fine..... ;(

    Im about to be 16... this video hits me every time...

  • @DieNaHoleProductionz Don't worry God will help you through and I'll be praying for you! I'm about to be 16 too sooo!! God Bless You!!! =D

  • @LauZB9 Thank you LauZB9 God Bless You Too thanks for the prayr :,)

  • @DieNaHoleProductionz You're Welcome!

  • Story of my life..... </3

    My father has never been there for me with excuses and gifts to buy my love

    im now 19 and prgnant but to a little boy <3

    and again his father isnt in the picture

    Though I cry everytime i listen to this song cus im lving it....

    im starting to get back on my feet...with a smile on my face and looking at my belly

    and knowing that sure my life is about to change my accomplishments are another mile away

    but god will help me and be a father to me and my baby <3

  • @LindseyLove1609 There is no better father than God! Keep it up!! =D

  • @LauZB9 thank you! :))

  • @LindseyLove1609 No Problem! =D

  • Never had a father he disowned me any my brother when we where 4 . As a carried the hate and anger in my life growing up .Looking to get even with the world . A bible verse rang in my ear one day . Psalms 27:10 "When my father and my mother forsake me, Then the Lord will take me up. The Lord lifted me up and showed me love i could never imagine . THANK YOU JESUS .

  • This video is sad.....Because there are Dads out there who do not want to be apart of their children's life. But there are DADS WHO WANT TO BE APART and are pushed away for one reason or another by the childs mother for their own reasons and neglect to see the impact it has on the child.

  • My dad was a big drug dealer not to mention addict... but he was still there for me as much as he could be an I may not have had a perfect childhood but seeing what my dad went through showed me how I SHOULD grow up an what NOT to do but God put him in my life for a reason an I may not gave figured out my big plan but I know my dad supports it an I know My FATHER guides it!!!! This song is awesome!! Very powerful also!!! Thank the Lord for groups like casting crowns!!!!

  • WOW

    

  • our hearts cry out for our Father's but they are only human. God is the perfect Father...although I wish He had skin.

  • Beautiful! This song felt like it was made for me.

  • this song gets me emotional...i rlly wish i could just meet me real dad...i love my step dad to death but i just wish i could see my real dad..see if i have the same eyes as him, same nose, laugh, everything...God blessed me with my step dad but it still hurts sometimes...i love you dad though you dont love me it seems...<3

  • absolutely beautiful

    

  • Wait, Did her dad die, did her family get divorced, Does he have a job that he is so busy with that he can't see her, what?

  • @hanoldwriter The song is leading to the idea that the parents are divorced and her dad is either too busy or finds excuses not to see her. If the parents weren't divorced, she would probably see him at home. It says "he sent me flowers and gift wrapped excuses" meaning he is never present in her life because of excuses and reasons that aren't good enough.

  • Oh and FYI...my dad is the first...I'm all his!:)

  • My favorite song right now! This happened to my mom when she was 18...I'm 14 now and I have such a strong relationship with my dad and the Lord which those where the two things that my mom lacked in her life...GOD BLESS! Way to go Casting Crowns!!

  • I cry every time I hear this. It truly speaks to my life story and testimony so well. I'm 24 and have a 3 month old. She's my world and has changed me so much. I'm no longer with her father and it hurts so much. Getting pregnant made me realize I wasn't living my life for God and He's provided so much for me and I know we'll be fine. He'll always be there for us. Father to the fatherless.

  • i love this song so much. im 21and ijust got used for sex. dated for a year, thought i was in love, there we were in the mustang one night. that was it he never cared for me after

    this man was so flattering and the first time i felt a mans "love"boy it made me feel worth so much then made me feel so worthless i guess never felt my dads presence at home he was always at work and we just dont have a father/daughter relationship.

    i hope to minister one day to young girls to find their value in God.

  • great song !!! thumbs up casting crowns

  • I love this song, love this music video. It's so touching!

  • my dad was always there for me, but i never saw it, i have always complained about my horrible birthdays, but i didn't look around at the love in everyones eyes. in a week and a half i will turn 20 and as i blow out my candles i will look into my papa's eyes and see reflected Gods love for me, My dad is the greatest man of God i have ever known, im lucky to call him daddy.

  • @mrswills03 wow, sorry for all the mistakes, typing from my cell phone ;)

  • Love this song and Love all these comments I am reading!! :) I csn also relate, my dad was absent from my life during my preteen/teen years. I was luxky if he even remembered to send a card. I also ended up pregnant at 19 & struggled with what to do. I am so thankful I jeot my little princess, she is definitely a gift from God!!

  • @mrswills03 :) oh, wow. I am happy for you. I will be praying for you and your girl.

  • @greenawesome35 Thank You :)

  • ALSO FATHERS THAT LEAVE CAUSE SO MUCH CONFUSION IN THERE CHILDREN THAT THEY LOOK FOR LOVE IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES IF THEY WOULD ONLY STAY IN THERE LIFE AND BE THE MEN GOD CALLED THEM TO BE THIS WORLD WOULDNT BE SO MESSED UP

  • I REALLY LOVE THIS SONG IT MAKES ME RY BECAUSE ITS SO TRUE MY DAD LEFT WHEN I WAS SIX AND DIDNT TRY TO COMMUNICATE WITH ME UNTIL THE COURT MADE HIM N HE STILL DIDNT EVEN TRY AND GET ME BUT THANK GOD FOR HIS UNFAILING LOVE HE BLESSED ME WITH A SPRITUAL FATHER N MOTHER THAT LOVE ME N 3 SISTERS THAT LOVE ME TO GOD IS AWESOME HOW HE DOES THINGS TO M3ND BROKEN HEARTS:)

  • @MsFojc

    same here I know how you feel.

  • Makes me cry every time I love this song!

  • Wow, What a Story.. so many girls go through this..I could not imagine what I would do today with no dad for this child, but then again God is our father, friend, and the love through this baby to heal your heart says it all.. Beautiful Song..Beautiful Story.. Thank you..will share this with friends on FB.. God Bless You and all the best to you all.. :) Peace..

  • follow God with all of your heart, soul, and your mind, you will make it through the hard times. Try to stay pure until you meet the right man and you're married. Don't seek the love from your earthly father if he is not their for you, or you will always be disappointed. Seek love from your heavenly father and follow what he has in store for you. It is so amazing :)

  • I also didn't have a father growing up. My bio dad didn't want anything to do with me, and my stepdad had to work all of the time. I ended up in the same situation as the girl in this video, except I didn't even think of getting an abortion. But that's because of my Mom's belief that abortion is wrong...she instilled that in me. I am so blessed that I did not abort my daughter. Even though I am not with her father, I am married to a Godly man who I have a son with. Know this girls, if you

  • The replay is like my BBF!!!!!!!

  • God Bless!!!!!! Amen!!!

    

  • Shes 2ish i think??!!

  • WOW and double WOW!!! This song is so precious...

  • I can relate because my dad left me at the age of 2 or 3

  • Yall need to make a song about a Father who loves his daughter but she don't want anything to do with her daddy do to her momma ruining their relationship....thats what I'm going through now :(

    Love this song though

  • Wow :,)

  • ... I miss u dad.... I wana c u... Please come c me... Call me... Talk to me... At least remember my 16th birthday...

  • My father died before i turned 1 Years old. i never knew him but i wish i did, i listen to this song about 50 times a week, no exaggerating included. I am so thankful that i have a heavenly father that loves me with all of his heart and soul. He is the one true man that i can say i love (: God Bless you all

  • Very touching...teary eyed!

  • made me cry...

  • I love the path that Casting Crowns songs are taking first with Courageous, and now this one. Fathers are so important in the home. They are called to be the spiritual priests of their homes and so many aren't aware of the huge responsibility they have to God and to their families. Broken families is the norm in today's world and such a huge part of why we see so much hate, dissension and confusion in the world.

  • just right now i lost it... thank you so much casting crowns... you don't know how bad i want to give it all up sometimes

  • @skilletgirl2 keep your head up...or straight up...to Jesus!..remember his sacrificial Love!

  • @alinlm72 thanks. i like that "keep your head straight up! you made me smile!

  • @skilletgirl2 Keep faith! God knows what he's doing and I know it's hard sometimes but please don't give up on him

  • @OhsoWoobie i know he's got good plans... its just so hard some times!

  • This song is so powerful and beautiful and I really hope it makes changes for so many people : )

  • So beautiful.  Celebrate Life!

  • I could cry to this song every time I hear it...I'm the single mom to my amazing, beautiful 2 year old daughter. She may not have been what I had planned for my future at 22 years old, but God had other plans for me and sent me an amazing miracle who has truly changed my life for the better...He has been a father to the fatherless, and we'll be fine..

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  • this song brings tears to my heart everytime i hear it, and i hear it often.. An amazing song and its so diff from there other work =) i love it all

  • I thank God everyday for my dad this

    Makes me so much more thankful for him

  • Awwww :')

  • Keep the LOVE going.. <3

  • As the father of a 2-yr old daughter I'm not ashamed to say this video made me cry. My wife and I separated and she has custody of our daughter and they both live in another state now. We're trying to work on our issue to be a family again and I certainly wouldn't want my daughter to grow up like the girl in this video, without a dad.

  • <3

    

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  • ^powerful it glorified God!

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  • this song reminds me of so many times. when i was 22 my dad left and i haven't heard or seen him since i was 5 and i am just so glad i have the heavenly father to be there for me. he has made an impact bigger than any could make. i love you Lord and i am not afraid to show my true religious colors!! thumbs up if you aren't afraid to either!

  • I came from this family. My dad left us. He cheated on my mom with her sister-in-law. Now I talk to him a little but he pretty much has decided if I don't like his wife (yeah he married her too) then we can't have a relationship. And, sorry, but my mama taught me that if I didn't like something that was going on, then don't be around it. It has caused so much heart ache. I had to be strong for my mom & sister. I never got to hurt when we were kids & now I have gone through the ringer.

  • Contintued- I met a guy who treated me like dirt but he hung around so I put up with it. We finally broke up and I thought just another man thats going to leave me. I believe though now we are supposed to be together. He was diagnosed with Acute Myalogenis Leukemia. He had no one and was lost as far as knowing God. He called me and I came to help him through a rough time. Now we have been back together for 4 years and doing great. I have seen a change in him but he battles the devil daily. cont-

  • Sorry this is so long. I am not putting my story out for pity, just to hope someone reads it and it helps them. In all of this I am just learning to love myself and to love God more than him. If you feel alone as I did, don't look for love in a worldly man. Look for love in God, and he will send you a Godly man. My only hopes are that my man finally sees God is ALL he needs. He doesn't even need me with God, I am just an extra.

  • what a wonderful video and song!

  • <3

  • Isn't she from the movie 'August Rush' at 3:18?? :D

    I ♥ God,, I ♥ this song & I ♥ the movie 'August Rush'

  • @hanniballinator

    No she does sorta look like Lyla Novacheck i love August Rush also!!

  • I heard this song on the radio today and I cried. This song sounds so much like my life its scary. My dad and I don't have a relationship and a week before my 18th birthday I gave birth to a little girl. I will turn 21 this year and she is definitely my barefoot princess who makes it all worth it

  • A powerful message of hope and healing.

  • What's happening at 2:40? And what's the doctor talking about at 3:09?

  • @HisServent4ever She was about to have an abortion. I believe the "doctor" was explaining some of it.

  • I cried watching this. I can't imagine my life without my dad. I'm so grateful. To all the people who doesn't have a dad. I'm so sorry:'( You are never fatherless though. God loves you SO much.(: God bless you!! <3

  • My dad has never been around but the Lord blessed me with an AMAZING step father! I do still wish my dad would come around or call but I will always know I have my step daddy and God :D I'm glad I heard this song today......Thursday is my 21st birthday and this song will remind me of what is to come -3

  • @msbeauty0209 I barley see my real dad and the didn't come to sweet sixteen and it made me really upset and i don't call him as much as i should i don't know what i should do and my 19th birthday is comin up and i hope he calls by i doubt it,

  • @ShortpeopleRock1000 i think u should call him

  • @msbeauty0209 Godbless you, my Daddy was shot to death, when i was 8yrs old, but im never alone I have my true Father Jesus Christ!!!!! Godbless you!!!!Matthew19:26

  • This song was played at my birthday party earlier. My dad wasn't there for my first birthday, first steps, first words, first dance, he wasn't there to be asked for permission to take me on my first date. Today was my thirteenth birthday, he didn't bother to come. But, you know what..., It didn't bother me as much as you guys were...I knew my real father who will never fail was there. God.

    It makes me stronger to know that I've gone through life, without a, "daddy".Except for the one in heaven<3

  • @DaKotaCedell I'll pray for you. I am so grateful to have my dad here for me.

  • Listening to this song a day short of a week until my 22nd birthday, with no father in my life and a stepfather who broke my spirit in every way until he left my family 3 years ago, this song makes me cry so hard...not because it reminds me of my past...but because it reminds me of the future I will have with my Father in Heaven...and all of you! Never let go of God because He never lets go of us! We're in this together everybody! :)

  • So powerful cried hearing it live and can relate. Fairy tales-good thing knights can come long years later and accept you and your your family as a package deal. A father to the fatherless!

  • Great song! LOVE it! :)

  • I really love this song so much!!!!!!!!

  • Beautiful song

  • This song makes me cry every time i hear it. I am adopted and every time i hear this it makes me wanna know my real parents

  • @JustASimpleDream1998 God has a purpose for what he does:)

  • Beautiful.

  • i grew up with out my father. im about to be 18 & its been tough but because the love of Jesus Crist i can honestly say that ive felt more then just ordinary love!!:)

  • Biggest 1-year old EVER.

  • Just Amazing<3 This Song Touches Alot Of Young Girls Hearts (':

  • i can relate so much to this song. my dad left 8 years ago. its never been the same. This past year for my 19th bday he didn't even bother to call or text me on my birthday. It hurt me so much and i don't even think he's realized it. but its nice to be reminded of my heavenly father who loves me more than i can imagine

  • @nickfan228 dont worry were in the same page... only that i have 15 and he promised me to call me... he never did... but yeah we have another father that will never leave us :) God bless u

  • Great song, my daughter has lived this for the past 20 some years now and she still hopes daddy will come around.

  • I'm going to be a father and its hard for me not to be with my Babygirl and is just killing me but i know God has a plan for Everybody i have Faith and trust the Lord for the Best but im never letting my little girl down that's for sure. i had a child hood just like that but i had God with me always protecting me <3 I LOVE GOD

  • share with your friend, family and everyone. Now I thinking about a those of woman do abortion. But I pray, watching this video, hope them thinking not just twice but many time before do it. And to guy out there, if you man of God, take responsibility.

  • This video brought tears to my eyes, even though my dad was a part of my life . . . however, I wish that we'd have seen the little girl's daddy in the picture with them, at the end of the video.  It seems like it's just a repeat of the girl's mom's life . . . a vicious circle . . . so sad!

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    That would have been nice, wouldn't it? But I think the point is that the little girl is the one who will break the chains in her family. Because though she will be raised without a father too, that doesn't mean she has to follow the same cycle. I identity with that little girl in the last scenes, she’s raised without an earthly father, but her mother induces her to her heavenly Father and because of that she doesn’t have the same void her mother did; Jesus filled it. :)

  • This is awesome I love it

  • Wow, the harder side of life, I love you guys...thank you

  • Wait, what was she doing in the hospital???

  • @BellalinasCourage I think she was contemplating abortion, but decided not to go through with it . . .

    

  • Beautiful song. It reminded me to appreciate having a father who loves God and his family, and also the fact that we have a Father in Heaven Who loves us and is always there to heal our brokenness.

  • I was half distracted as I watched this video, and yet at the part where I saw her struggling with abortion or not, and the Lord turned her life around, it still made my eyes wet,

  • i turn 22 in may, the last time i saw my dad was my 12th b-day. i dont like my birthday because it brings up bad memories of being left :-)

  • @12345671char it's really hard i feel sorry for u 

  • What a powerful message.

  • i love this video i can relate so much :) so moving

  • I love this song soo much... Its so close to my life....

  • I seriously cry EVERY TIME! and I one of those people who NEVER cry. Such a good moving song!!

  • EXCELLENT!

  • I love it!!!!!

  • I played the boyfriend in this video! Follow @Carsonic on instagram if you loved the video!

  • @CarsonicButch its not like a good christian to gloat

  • I was so moved by this!!! This is a touching song and video:) thank you for posting<3

  • Please watch :)

  • ohhhhhhh awesome :D

  • What an amazing and moving song.

  • lindo demais...

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  • @SarahRowdie you should be! :) I know the feeling of being proud over cute kids ;) I have three darling nieces and a really handsome little nephew :D 

  • wowwwwwwwwwwwwww que linda!!!!!

  • Love this song. Thanks Casting Crowns, love the book "The Well" that Mark Hall wrote.

  • Beautiful...=')

  • very nice video

  • To break the cycle of godlessness and social decay we need to be reminded of God's message to Abraham in Gen. 18:19 "For I have known him, in order that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the Lord, to do righteousness and justice, that the Lord may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him." BTW, God said this while on His way to destroy Sodom & Gomorrah! The ONLY solution for society is doing things God's way which begins with men in the home!!!

  • Very nice video.

  • It's not just about bad dads, it's about making good choices even when everyone else in your life doesn't. It's about the rewards you receive that are beyond measure when you are able to make the right choice in a difficult situation.

  • Casting Crowns`s videos are like movies...great video again!!!