Healing from being fatherless isn’t just “missing a dad.” For many Black girls, it can leave a wound that shows up as hyper-independence, people-pleasing, or feeling like you have to earn love. But God is not intimidated by what you didn’t receive. Scripture reminds us: “Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me.” (Psalm 27:10) God can father you with consistency, protection, correction, and tenderness—right where the absence hurt the most. If you’re he