A FATHER'S LOVE

I just want to share an emotion, an insight that
I experienced again today.  That is the love of
a father for his kids.

Many, many years ago I was involved in a failed
marriage and the resulting breakup from it.  There was
the initial shock of coming home from work to find
an empty house and then "existing" in a daze for
about a week.  But the emotion that still stands out
in my mind the most - wether it was the same day or
the next I do not remember - was the realization that
the kids were not there needing my help.  My kids were
gone.  What was I going to do without my kids.  How
was I going to love them and provide for them.  It hurt
me deeply.

Yes, they had a good mother.  That was not the problem.
It was that need for a father to be able to share his love
with his children.

Thank God,
as the children grew up in another state and
began to get out on their own that relationship
has been reestablished.  We share a love for
each other even if they are grandparents now.

Down to the present.
Believe it or not, I am a lot older now than I
was then.  I even have "great grandchildren"
who have grown too big to want grandpa to
hold them and love them.

I have noticed the last few days that this old
man just aches sometimes to hold a loving little
child in my arms and love them.

Today as I was walking down to get the mail
God brought something to my mind.  That is
the way God is.  God truly wants to love us,
hold us, cuddle with us, just like an earthly
father would want to do.  The Scriptures point
that out many times.  But I will only share one
of them with you.

"See how very much out Father loves us,
for he calls us his children, and that is what
we are!  But the people who belong to this 
world don't recognize that we are God's
children because they don't know him."
(1 John 3:1 NLT)

Here the Apostle is writing to the Christians.
No, everybody is not God's child.  But He
wants them to be if we will just turn to Him.

REMEMBER.
God wants to be a Father to you and love you,
if you will let Him.

THAT IS WHAT CHRISTMAS
IS ALL ABOUT.

TODAY'S PROMISE

"Jesus gave his life for our sins,

just as God our Father planned,

in order to rescue us from this

evil world in which we live."

(Galatians 1:4 NLT)

TODAY'S PROMISE

"If you then, being evil, know how to give

good gifts to your children, how much more

will your Father who is in heaven give what

is good to those who ask Him."  

(Matthew 7:11 NASB)  

TODAY'S QUOTE

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"When we believe that God is Father, we also believe

that such a Father's hand will never cause His child

a needless tear.  We may not understand life any bet-

ter, but we will not resent life any longer."  

-William Barclay

WHERE IS YOUR LOVE?

"Do not love the world or anything that belongs

to the world.  If you love the world, you do not

love the Father.  Everything that belongs to the

world - what the sinful self desires, what people

are so proud of - none of this comes from the 

Father; it all comes from the world.  The world

and everything in it that people desire is passing

away; but those who do the will of God live

forever."

(1 John 2:15 - 17 TEV)

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TODAY'S PROMISE

"And it is the will of him who sent me

that I should not lose any of all those

he has given me, but that I should raise

them all to life on the last day.  For what

my Father wants is that all who see the 

Son and believe in him should have eternal

life.  And I will raise them to life on the

last day."

(John 6:39,40 GNT)

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"The promises of the Lord can be trusted;

they are as genuine as silver refined

seven times in the furnace."

(Psalms 12:6 GNT)

1. Meditate on God's Promises.

2. Plead the Promises at the throne of Grace.

3. Act in Faith that God Will Perform His Promises.

(William Gurnall)

TODAY'S PROMISE

"And so I say to you: Ask, and you will receive;

seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will

be opened to you.  For those who ask will receive,

and those who seek will find, and the door will

be opened to anyone who knocks.  Would any of

you who are fathers give your son a snake when 

he asks for fish?  Or would you give him a scorpion

when he asks for an egg?  As bad as you are,  you

know how to give good things to your children.

How much more, then, will the Father in heaven

give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"

(Luke 11:9-13 TEV)

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"The promises of the Lord can be trusted;

they are as genuine as silver refined

seven times in the furnace."

(Psalms 12:6 GNT)

1. Meditate on God's Promises.

2. Plead the Promises at the throne of Grace.

3. Act in Faith that God Will Perform His Promises.

(William Gurnall) 

WHERE IS MY LOVE?

"Love not the world, or the things that are in the world.

If any anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not

in him.

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust

of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is

of the world.

And the world passes  away, and the lust of it; but he that

does the will of God abides for ever."

(1 John 2:15 - 17 AKJV)

FATHER

Proud of the great granddaughter, of course.  But that is not the reason for this post.

Jordin, that's the girl above, wanted a bunny.  Now if Jordin want's a bunny, grandpa want's her to have a bunny.  And grandpa will move heaven and earth to get her a bunny.   [Providing it does not cost more than about $50.00.  That one was $7.00 plus gas and time.]

But in this little episode God drew something to my attention.    If we have turned to God and been born again.  We have a "Father" in heaven who loves us a whole lot more than my love for a granddaughter.

Now you may not want a bunny.

But remember, Jesus said,

"...I am telling you the truth: the Father will give you whatever you ask of him in my name."

-John 16:23 (GNB)