our Dads, have lost our Dads, or have Dads that have chosen to not be in our lives.
For those of us in this situation, it becomes very difficult to relate to a Father that
loves us and is always here for us.
Some of us have buried our fathers or have no hope of ever seeing them again,
because of life's circumstances. Regardless of the cause, grief, abandonment, anger,
and depression, are issues of this loss in our lives.
Our Father figure, becomes our Heavenly Father, who loves us unconditionally.
He becomes, as He always was, our one constant in our lives. He was there at
our conception and will love us through our last breath and into eternity. Our
relationship with God becomes complicated by our personal relationships with our
dad's, as well as how we relate to other people in our lives.
God's perfect justice, relies on us showing others the same kind of love that God
shows us. We see this in every relationship we have. God forgives us, as we forgive
others. God gives to us as we give to others.
Our relationship with God, is dependent on our relationship with others,
regardless of whether they are friend or foe, family or acquaintance, fellow
Christian or enemy.
God treats us as His children, constantly training us to be better and better
servants. Sometimes this involves Him allowing us to be tested over and over with
the same trials, because, like the Israelite's, we are a stubborn people.
Reading Judges, shows us God's patience, His willingness to continually teach us,
and His never ending love for His people. God is always willing to forgive us, if we
are always willing to forgive others. This forgiveness starts with us forgiving
everyone that has hurt or injured us. This forgiveness of others, includes our parents.
While we may always remember the bad in our lives, our Heavenly Father
expects us to forgive those that have hurt us.
This, as with all Godly things, is for our own good.
Which is probably why we hate it so much!
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