| She looks at me….her father. She lifts her arms to me so I may hold her. She hears my voice and longs to be near me. She trusts me without reservation. She cries and she knows I will comfort her. She takes my hand to guide her walk. She loves me without condition. If I could see through my baby’s eyes… Oh my heavenly Father…. I would lift my arms so you could hold me. I would listen for your voice how I would long to be near you. I would trust your will without reservation. If I should cry I know you would comfort me. You would take my hand to guide my walk. I would love you without condition. Please let me see through my baby’s eyes. tsf |
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| “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me.”
Matthew 18:3-5 |
| The Good News
The good news is that God wants to be in a relationship with us more than we want to be in a relationship with Him. The One who knew us before we were conceived (Jeremiah 1:4) and knit us together in our mother's womb (Psalm 139:13) wants to be our Father. While we are His offspring by creation, His desire is that we might become His children through redemption. |
| God's ways are usually the opposite to our ways; in His kingdom to be mature is to be like a little child, not childish, but LIKE a little child. Among other things little children are loving, trusting, teachable, uncomplicated, forgiving, curious and innocent. Our Father looks for these qualities to mature in us as His children - He longs to teach those who are like a little child, who know that they know nothing. Only those who know that they don't know very much are humble enough to risk asking questions and potentially displaying their ignorance! A little child owns nothing. Everything he or she has and is, is the property of their Father. Every good and perfect thing comes from Him, and just as our earthly fathers delight in giving good gifts to their children, so our heavenly Father also delights in giving us the greatest gift of all - HIMSELF - Father, Husband, Friend; GOD. |
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| The relationship with God as Father means that we can come to Him anytime. There is no time in which He is unavailable. He is close to us. And He runs to hear us. He earnestly desires that we speak with Him, even as we earthly fathers love it when our children come to us wanting to talk, and ask questions, and learn, and grow. So also our heavenly Father loves to instruct us and see us grow.
Now it is right here that many people have a problem. When someone tells them that God is their Father, they conjure up in their minds images of their earthly fathers, and some of those images are not very pleasant. Some of the things that our earthly fathers do are not very helpful, for indeed, they sin. Sometimes, they even abuse their children. We must be careful not to equate God the Father with images along those lines. That is not what our Heavenly Father is like. God is just, and God is merciful, and He is both at the same time. If you had a bad father, or one who never demonstrated his love very well, then cleanse your mind of that image and think of a different image of father: imagine a father who is always patient, who always listens, who always looks out for your true best interests, who writes so many letters to you that it constitutes an entire book, who sacrifices His true Son for you, an adopted son, who is quick to notice anything you do that is right, and praises you for it, even though it was His strength that gave you the ability in the first place, and who overlooks countless wrongs and insults given by you to His very face. That is a more accurate picture of our Heavenly Father. |
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Please Remember The Lighthouse She Falls There is My Father If Only I Had My Baby’s Eyes Two Men The Gap This Day He Walked Between the Rows Revolutionary Perspective Welcome Home You Are Faithful I Remember Walls Enter In The Little Lamb The Sail Where the Blood Fell The World at My Doorstep Another Day at the Office The Valley Another Second Chance I Want to Fly The poems on this website were written by my husband. I pray that the Lord will speak to you through them. **Feel free to share these poems with others. We only ask that you leave the TSF at the end of each and that you place a link to our website (http://www.countryhomettt.com/Shout_to_the_Lord) with it. Thanks. |