...to my Daddy. He has always been my hero and I always thought I was his personal favorite (ha-ha). Then many years later, I realized he made each of us think that. Isn't that a God-ly trait?
He also has a 'pet' name for each of us. Hey, do you think God has one for us as well? Would it not be a hoot to ask Him to 'reveal' it to us?
My father made it so easy for me to love and trust God as a child and I thank God for that. More than anyone else, I always thought my Dad 'knew' my heart and spirit. He gave me all that he could. He only came to know Jesus later on in his life, but when he did, he came with a hunger for God's word and loved the old classic theologians like Spurgeon.
I love you, Dad and pray that God allows you to live out the rest of your life with dignity and honour in every way. I miss not having you near me.
This song is for you:
O Love that wilt not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in thee;
I give thee back the life I owe,
That in thine ocean depths
its flow May richer, fuller be.
O light that followest all my way,
I yield my flickering torch to thee;
My heart restores its borrowed ray,
That in thy sunshine’s blaze
its day May brighter, fairer be.
O Joy that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart to thee;
I trace the rainbow through the rain,
And feel the promise is not vain,
That morn shall tearless be.
O Cross that liftest up my head,
I dare not ask to fly from thee;
I lay in dust life’s glory dead,
And from the ground there blossoms red
Life that shall endless be.
