our failures

i've been re-reading Josh Harris's book "boy meets girl" today, and God weighted heavy these words on my heart, and tears fell as I read them...

"Ladies, despite what you may have experienced at the hands of your earthly father, know that this is the heart of your heavenly Father for you. You were never meant to be unprotected. I'm sorry that many of you have never had a Christian father like this to care for you. I'm sorry that negligence on the part of men has left you vulnerable to mistreatment and abuse. I'm sorry that you've had to assume masculine traits necessary to fight for yourself and be your own protector.

That isn't God's plan - it's the consequence of our sin and disobedience. Jesus came to reverse the effects of sin. Part of the reason He's given us the local church is to give fathers to the fatherless. God has given us the local church to be the spiritual family that can fill in where our natural family is lacking."
(page 132)

will we be the men God has called us to be?