What We Are

I John 3 says, See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!

I’m not sure that any of us really gets the depth of the love our Father has for us.  I know that I don’t.

When things get rough, bad things happen, prayers go unanswered, our minds wander, we think God must be mad at us, doesn’t care, or is punishing us for no good reason.

These verses say that our Father lavishes his love on us and call us his children – and “that is what we are!”

As earthly parents, we love our children the best we know how, which includes feeding them food they may not like, teaching them ways they may not understand, and insisting that they discipline their lives by going to school and eventually to work, which they may not enjoy.  However, we’re the parents and we know what we must do in order to raise our children to be healthy, functioning adults.

Why then, would we expect anything different from our heavenly Father?

In fact, his ways are perfect, when ours are imperfect.

Today, let’s open our eyes and see his great love, realize that we are his children, and rest in his awesome parenting skills.