So I had one of the most beautiful moments of my life last week. A beautiful moment where God just spoke to my heart in such a huge way.

I was preparing to leave and head to Seminary last week. My 11 month old daughter had not been feeling very good, and had been in one of those hold me 24/7 moods. As I finished packing my bag with my books and laptop I waved bye to my wife and daughter who stoood in the doorway to our master bedroom. I walked towards to the garage, and as soon as I left the sight of my daughter she let out a blood curdling scream and began to cry so loud. Yup, you guessed it I stopped dead in my tracks, dropped my bag, and went back to let her see me. I saw my wife doing all she could to keep a hold of our daughter as she was trying to get away and run me down. What a moment for Daddy.

At that moment I heard the Lord speak to my heart and say, " I love that." I am thinking what? So he continued to speak to me and say, " I love it when you seek me, your heavenly Father like that. I love when it seems that I am out of sight that you fight to find me. I am Daddy that loves you more than you love her." Which then reminded me of this passage from Galatians....

Galatians 4:1-7 1 Think of it this way. If a father dies and leaves an inheritance for his young children, those children are not much better off than slaves until they grow up, even though they actually own everything their father had. 2 They have to obey their guardians until they reach whatever age their father set. 3 And that’s the way it was with us before Christ came. We were like children; we were slaves to the basic spiritual principles* of this world. 4 But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law. 5 God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children.* 6 And because we* are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out, “Abba, Father.”* 7 Now you are no longer a slave but God’s own child.* And since you are his child, God has made you his heir.

I know that if you are not a parent this may not be as eay to understand but I hope what the Lord taught me would challenge you to run after your Daddy. To scream/cry out for Him because He loves it. He wants us to need him and trust and know we are safe with Him. May you live that way today. Amen.