Forsaking our fears..

Today during the service when Pastor Jeff shared about how God would sometimes hide His face away from us, illustrating it by using a scene of a mom and a child in a mall, it was funny and touching at the same time. It truly reminded me when i was a kid, my dad used to tease me by hiding and making me feel 'lost', while he was actually keeping an eye for me from afar. I also recalled a story that i read in the book 'The Life You've Always Wanted' about how simplicity of heart can help us grow in our prayer life. Here it goes:

Richard Foster writes of a friend walking through a shopping mall with his two-year-old son. The boy was cranky and out of sorts, and nothing the father did would settle him down.

When nothing else works the father finally picks his son up, hold him in his arms, and begins to sing to him a song that he makes up as he goes along: 'I love you. I love the way you laugh. I'm glad I get to be your dad.'

Suddenly this song does what nothing else could. His son's eyes get wide, his mouth closes and grins, he nestles into his father's chest and listens all the way out to the car.

When his father puts him into the car seat and buckles him in, his son throws out his arms and says, "Sing it to me again, Daddy. Sing it again."

When i start imagining myself to be held in the arms of the Father and let Him sing His love song for me, it just feels wonderful. I can't imagine how it will feel like when it really happens. :)

Sing it again, Daddy.

My verse of the day:
"For the Lord your God will bless you as he has promised, and you will lend to many nations but borrow from none. You will rule over many nations but none will rule over you."
[ Deuteronomy 15 : 6 ]