Be As A Child – Part 1

“Yet to all who received Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God.” John 1:12

From the book “In God’s Arms”  by Pam Waugh

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“Yet to all who received Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God.” John 1:12

I was in the counselor’s office that day and it was not one of those life-changing moments I had had on previous occasions.  We had talked about how I was doing emotionally and where I thought I was.  I remember talking about how I never felt like my salvation was real.  My self-worth was so wrapped up in whether or not I was going to heaven or hell.  I didn’t deserve it because all my life I had believed that I wasn’t worth loving, so why would God, the ultimate, love me, when my parents, I felt, couldn’t even love me.

What I didn’t realize at the time was that I didn’t know what it was like to be a child.  I had to be an adult at such a young age that being a child was not even a concept I could grasp.  The problem with that is that we are God’s children, so how are we supposed to be His child if we cannot be a child?  Well, it is so unbelievable how God knows how to get to us – to reach down and touch us, to woo us into His arms.  He started teaching me.

I had gotten through another session, which seemed to be, more than often, pretty exerting emotionally.  This time I hadn’t even cried.  That was really amazing at the time with all the things I was dealing with.  I joked around with Sharon, saying, “I didn’t even cry this time.”  It was an amazing thing! My counselor prayed for me before I left, as she always did, when all of a sudden she started thanking God for being my Father.  Now, my counselor has one of the sweetest spirits I know.  With her sweet spirit, she started describing as she was praying, me going up to God, my “daddy,” in my little black shoes as a little girl, in my little frilly pink dress, and jumping up on God’s lap.  He was my “daddy.” Not the daddy that I had here on earth, but the daddy I truly needed all of my life.  He was holding me, and I felt total joy and love like I had never felt before.  I started to weep.  I couldn’t hold it back.  I felt so reassured of God’s love!  God showed me once again how much He loved me and cherished me as His little one.  Yes, I was an adult, but I was God’s child, His little girl.

This is just a part of my story.  I had grown up feeling unloved, and as an adult could not accept the love that others had for me because of this.  Do you feel unloved?  Do you feel no one cares.  Well, God cares about every little thing in your life.  Go and sit on His lap.  Let your guard down and invited Him into your life.  He loves you.  He is a “daddy” who will love you and accept you right where you are.

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