I Want to be: Just Like My Father
Happy Father’s Day! On this Father’s Day I thought it fitting to share a little about my father. Enjoy!
“Delight yourself also in the LORD, and He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass. (Psalm 37:4-8)
Though I was raised by a very caring man who spoiled me rotten, my heart’s desire has always been to reunite with my birth father. Well, approximately 30 years and many tears later I received an e-mail from him. The separation of my father and I is a long story and was of no fault of his own. Even though my father had no alternative, he felt terribly guilty for not “being there.” Well, I had to let him know that he was here. Right here in my heart and I knew that at the appointed time, we would be together again.
Since the day we reconnected, we have resumed our roles as if we’ve never been apart. More shocking to me than learning that my father had been looking for me just as long and hard as I’d looked for him was talking to him and spending time with him and realizing that we are just alike. It’s funny, but my husband says that he understands me a lot better now. See, he knows my family very well and was always saying that I was so very different from them. Now, he laughs, shakes his head and says, “You are just like your father.”
I simply smile, because isn’t that what we really want? To be just like our Father. How loving and caring is the heavenly father to grant us our heart’s desire?
If you are a believer and your request is within God’s will and the bounds of Scripture, be confident that if you pray for the desires of your hearts, God will do it! Even after decades.
Until you read again…Hold Your Hope!
