Different Perspectives
As a parent, I care for my children, feed them, pick up after them, take them to the doctors, watch after their hygiene, teach them, lead them, protect them, and pray for them. I cry with them, laugh with them, and sometimes just listen to them. I hug them, kiss them, share love and guidance with them, and more often that I wish was necessary, I apologize to them. I tell them that they are loved, and even beyond the capacity of how I know how to love, they are loved so much more by God.
Yet as children, sometimes they seem to measure our love by
how we respond to their requests and wishes beyond what we do to care for them.
Even if we see something past their sight, and make judgement calls based on
our wisdom and what we feel is best, we are sometimes looked on with frustrated
glances, emotional outbursts, and possibly even rejection. Even some of the
most healthy and loving relationships have moments of frustration, confusion,
and doubt.
Our relationship with our heavenly Father is sadly similar.
We seem to cry out to God when we feel overburdened with
life, as if we are waiting for Him to show up. Yet in truth, He was and is
always there.
Oh how much He cares for us beyond what we seem to measure
from our requests. How often He is judged, misunderstood, and even rejected
because these supplications (however reasonable they may seem) are not met. I
pray this Thanksgiving season that you are blessed with the opportunity to
reflect on His amazing care for us even when our requests seem to be unheard.
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