Though my father and mother forsake me [neglect, don’t see the potential in me], the LORD will receive me [hold me close, see the value in me]… A father to the fatherless…God sets the lonely in families, he leads forth the prisoners with singing…in you the fatherless find compassion. "I will heal their waywardness and love them freely…” (Psalm 27:10, 68:5-6; Hosea 14:3-4).
What do you long for in life? What are you missing? Every one of us has a God-sized hole in our hearts that only our Father can fill. Yes, we all have earthly parents—some of us lived with both and some of us didn’t live with either—but regardless, we have a Father in God. He is our Dad. If that’s a scary or intimidating thing, then perhaps you are comparing your heavenly Father to your earthly father, when you should be comparing your earthly father to your heavenly Father. Your heavenly Father is perfect, through and through and He loves you with a divine love. Here is one of the ingredients of divine love: “Sincerity…does not blaze out in passionate anger, nor brood over wrongs; always just, joyful, and truthful; knows how to be silent; full of trust; always present,” (Finis Dake Bible, 1 Corinthians 13:4 notes). Perhaps your earthly parents were really good at holding a grudge, or they were passive aggressive, or they scared you by yelling a lot. Perhaps they were down the middle, but still kind of absent. No matter the conditions of your growing up and childhood, God wants to draw you close to Him. He wants to hold, comfort, love on, and cuddle you.
If this is something you are longing for, today’s the day you can begin to experience that with Father God. He’s got His arms open wide and He’s waiting for you to run to Him.
[Father God’s love] flows most freely to those who are meek and lowly of heart and who will come to the Father like a little child in need of Daddy’s comforting love ~ Experiencing Father’s Embrace, Jack Frost
~Heather Potts~
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