Mid-Week Message - A Parent's Desire

This past weekend was heartbreaking.  Our daughter moved out on her own for the first time.  I know that is normal, a rite of passage.  It is a sign that we have done our job as parents and prepared her to take care of herself.  She is an adult now.  She is capable.  We are proud of her.  And I, her mother, have cried every single day since she has been gone.  Today, however, sees me smiling.  She is coming to visit.  Yes, I know she has only been gone four full days but this mama needs to lay her eyes on her baby.  I need to see that she is doing well as opposed to being told so through a text message.  

As have most things in parenting, this event has taught me more about our relationship with our heavenly Father.  I expect my daughter will do well living on her own and will flourish because she has been taught responsibility and knows how to reach out for help if she needs it.  We are, for a time, separated physically from our eternal home but our Father has provided us with teachers and His instruction manual, the Bible.  And, just as she can call on us, so we can call on our Lord.  Just like earthly parents, He longs to hear from His children.  

Jeremiah 33:3 -"Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know."

Psalm 91:15 - "He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him."

Isaiah 55:6 - "Seek the LORD while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near."

Psalm 145:18 - "The LORD is near to all them that call on him, to all that call on him in truth."

The time I miss the most with my daughter is our late night chats.  She and I were generally the last ones in the house to go to bed at night.  It became our time share about our day, to open our hearts, to bond with one another.  Those hours seem the emptiest to me right now.  It makes me wonder how the Lord feels when we don't take time out of our day to talk with Him.  His love for us is even greater than our love for our children incredibly. That desire that we have for our children to remain close comes from our Creator who has the same desire about us.  Have you spoken to your Father today?