What do you look like to God? Better yet, what does God look like to you. I have read and heard a million times, most think of God being like their father. If he was harsh and judgemental, then God must also be. If he were kind and loving then God must be. What if, your dad, chose you? For me, I see a God who is just, disciplinary, who loves deeply, gives his time selflessly but most of all he chose to do these things. He did not have to but he did. Sometimes when you are thinking wow, God chose me, he adopted me, and he loves me.
This is how I see to men, and really these two had to learn this love from another their fathers too. Then I see the girls lives they have effected and think what lucky girls. You see my dad, chose me and my brother. He did that when he chose to marry my mom. I guess he could have just loved her and kind of paid attention to us, but no he loved much and still does. What an amazing man, to give his all even though their was no requirement. From teaching us how to ride bikes and drive cars. More than that putting all his hobbies on hold to make sure he invested in our lives. That is just what God does, he loves us unconditional. Hugs us, picks us up in all our brokenness and loves some more. The second person I see this in is my husband. Who chose to love not just me but our oldest daughter too. He does not have too but does completely. I did not come to this revelation until I was talking to her and told how lucky she is to have such a great daddy. Then I thought wait a minute I am totally just as lucky! Most of all, through this God has revealed himself to us. That he chooses us, because he loves us. He gave his son for us. He is a just and fair God. We might not deserve his love or even think it counts. His love is patient, kind, loving, forgiving, slow to anger, and unbegruding. Whether we want it or not we got it. What would life be without a fathers love?
Thoughts on being a wife, motherhood and raising a family against the grain.
