One of the single most significant days to celebrate in all of our history. The day that Christ arose from the cave where His body had been housed for three days after His selfless and merciful death on the cross so that we would have freedom from our sin and the uncountable blessings of eternal life if we so choose to accept Him as the Saviour that He is. How beautiful a gift that the Lord God offered us in His one and only son, to sacrifice Him for our sake because He loves us so much. Thank you Jesus for your love and the gift of salvation from our own sin. What an amazing Father you are!
The earthy father of our children is just finishing off the tucking in of the oldest in the crew. As I sit here I cannot help but see the parallel in David and the Heavenly Father. Both love their children so much. Both have given up so much, offered so much and care beyond measure for each and every one. At the same time, both have a will for their children, a desire for full and complete lives for their children to grow in the Lord, know Him, love Him and seek His council. Both are also left with the same obstacle. Free will. For all the gifts and knowledge David emparts on the children, it is up to each of them to take what he has said and by choice apply it to their lives. They have to decide if they are going to hang on to what they have been taught or fight in the dark world on their own without leaning on the wisdom they have been given. We too as The Fathers children are faced with the same thing. To know Him and learn about Him and be taught is one thing, but to choose to employ that knowledge and embrace the love He has set within us is up to us.
It is becoming easier for me to pray for our children as I watch our journey of faith develop. I pray that they too will seek to be obedient to the Heavenly Fathers will as we do, as they learn to do that by being taught obedience to their Earthy fathers will in Christ for them too.
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