Pretty Awesome Daddy!

I was able to take a few days away last week and spend some much needed time with my parents.  I hadn’t seen them since Christmas and that is just way too long.  I usually go spend time with them once a month.  But different circumstances made it not happen for 3 months.  I have grown to love that time with them and I think they have too.  It has been a whole new learning process of a parent and child relationship.  I’ve learned that my parents are really human.  Growing up you never look at your parents as living, breathing, beings.  They are just the identity that makes your life unhappy because they won’t let you do what you want.  I didn’t think very highly of them.  But time has proven, many times over, that they are pretty amazing people.  I love them more than words could ever express.  They have been such a huge support for me and my family through some pretty rough times.  Unconditional support and love.  I am thankful not just for them being great parents but also for being Godly parents.  It’s nice to be able to talk to them and not just get parental advice but righteous advice as well.   I look up to them for the many things they have gone through in life and still kept faith in their God.  I find that when I go see them I want to do things to help them out.  Things like do dishes so mom can sit and relax after dinner.  Vacuum even if it makes my allergies act up and I look like a crying mess when I’m done.  I would have NEVER loved doing that when I was growing up.  Are you kidding me!  I was allergic to work!  But I find that I want to do it for them now to somehow repay them for the many things they have done for me and continue to do.  Have I painted a clear enough picture for you so that you can get a glimpse of how precious they are?

There is something else that I have learned over the years.  I have learned what my God means to me.  Sounds funny to hear a woman that has been a Christian for more years than I wasn’t, saying that.  But I believe that is what all the things that happen in your life can do if you allow them to.  God really does allow things to happen for a reason.  I’ve learned that He really does love me.  I’ve learned He cares what happens to me.  I’ve learned that He has time for me, no matter where or when.  I’ve learned that He listens to me, REALLY listens.  When I cry, when I laugh, when I sing, when I whisper, when I yell, and even when I can’t say a word.  I’ve learned that He is my daddy.  He holds me when I fall and hurt myself.  He dries the tears away from my cheeks as they fall.  He then, with His love, bandages the wounds and tells me to be careful next time.  I’ve learned that EVERYTHING matters to Him in my life.  Nothing is too small or too big.  I’ve learned that all He wants me to do is ask and that He was just waiting.  I’ve learned that my God is a big God but yet a very small personal God. 

We need to look at our God as our daddy and remember ALL the many things He cares for and does for us.  Just as our earthly parents tend to and care for us, our heavenly father does in a greater way.  “And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.” - Philippians 4:19(NLT) My challenge to you is, do you recognize Him as your father, provider, protector, and friend?  Just as we are to become as little children we must recognize Him as our daddy.  It is a two part thing.  Maybe you have become as a little child but you have not allowed Him to be your daddy.  Allow Him to take care of you!