Happy Father’s Day

Today is a day to honour fathers.  Some of us are fathers.  All of us have a father.  The relationship of a loving father to his child is a picture of God's heart for us.

Nothing stirs a father’s heart more than looking at his newborn child.  We love to see a dad carrying his little one on his chest in a baby carrier.  Squeals of joy come out of the mouth of a toddler as their dad throws them in the air and catches them again in his strong arms.  There is a natural God-given desire in a father to care for his child, to protect that child even to the point of laying down his own life on behalf of the child.  This is God's heart for you and me.

Some of us have suffered the abuse or absence of our biological father and that is a significant issue in our journey.  This is where God, in His tenderness, graciously offers to be the good father we never had, to care for us and meet our needs for safety and protection which our earthly father either could not, or did not, provide.  Only a father's love can meet that deep need within us.  

Whatever our past, whether it’s being well-loved, or wounded and abandoned by our father, or even being disappointed in ourselves as a father, God invites us today to make a connection to His family.  Our Heavenly Father will receive us as His precious children.  He will love and care for us and heal our wounds. 

Prayer:  Heavenly Father, You gave life to me. You are familiar with my personality and all the things that have gone on in my life.   It is your desire every day, including today, to lavish your love on me and heal my wounds. Thank You for inviting me into Your family and making a way for that to happen through the death and resurrection of Your precious son, Jesus.  I receive Your love today.  I want to live as Your beloved child, to walk in Your ways and be obedient to Your will.  Amen

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