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Jesus said,
"I and the Father are one."
He also said,
"Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father."
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I am the Eternal One. I am your everlasting Father,
and I do not hide myself from you
or veil my plans in mystery.
There are those who think I cannot be known.
But the opposite is true.
From the first I am He who has come to commune with
my children.
I came to show my concern, to tell you in
words of truth and simple terms what I am like.
Again and again I have spoken plainly, and even
audibly to plain people.
All that I articulate--in my Word, in your thoughts,
or in wise counsel I direct to you--has one purpose:
I want you to know me, and to know I am flawless.
I am wholesome and utterly whole.
~W. Phillip Keller, What Is The Father Like?~
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I'm told Jesus taught His followers to call You "Father."
That helps.
I think of my own dad--(and I realize that for some people
the idea of a dad may not be a pleasant one. I'm sorry for them
and I'm glad for them that You can be what all fathers are
supposed to be).
I like the fact Father is a human term,
because that's all that I am and, yet, the God of all ages of time
who whirls solar systems and universes had made
Himself known to be in a word I understand--Father.
I expected something more difficult.
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"How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!"
(Psalm 139:17)
Father, it's strange enough to think of You in human terms,
but even stranger still to realize that You are thinking of me.
What do You think of me?
I have the feeling Your attitude toward me is one of love
(that just seems to go along with the idea of Father).
Which leads me to conclude that You see me as a child--
Your child.
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Children ask "Why?" all the time.
And their parents, their teachers (and their God)
always find it hard to word an answer in a way that a child
can understand. That's how I see Your answer to St. Paul,
"My grace is all you need."
(It's better than "because,")
It's true, even though I still ask "why?"
Your grace is all I need. It should be enough to know
You love me, and that Your loving me
is demonstrated in my possession all I need,
and that being forgiven enables me to forgive others I know.
It should be enough to know You still will raise the dead
and the resurrection is the one thing that will help me when I die.
Your grace is all I need. It's strong because it comes from
a father and gives hope to a child--me.
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God is in control of all that happens--which is not the same thing as saying that God makes everything happen. He is the author of good things, not of evil. He brings good out of evil in His response to our prayers for help. His answer may not come in a flash of light and a loud roll of thunder. Instead, He may respond to our petition for help and deliverance from evil by pouring into us the trust in Him that enables us to endure whatever comes our way.
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Thank you, Dr. Trudy Veerman
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