Our Father who is in heaven,…
My first childhood memory goes back to a distant past that I am not even able to put in exact time frame. Maybe I was 2 or 3 years old, I’m not sure, but I know that it was night, that my ear hurt a lot, and that my father carried me, in a panic, quickly and with anxiety, to the hospital. I cried and said: “Daddy, I am going to die on you!” I remember he cried and tried to comfort me, while running to get to the doctor.
Unfortunately, over time our relationship deteriorated and often I could not count on him. He died in January ’91, a relatively young man, and, although we had not been in a good relationship for a long time, his departure broke my heart. I missed him…
Less than two months ago, I found myself in such a state that I literally thought I wouldn’t survive that day. Simply, the pressure was more than I could handle. Somehow, the night came, I went to the kitchen as usual to pray before going to bed, knowing I have no strength, no words, no will to say anything.
I simply knelt down and said: “Daddy, I am going to die on you.” For these 31 years of my walk with the Lord, I have never received a faster response. All together it took maybe 3 seconds. One man knelt to pray, in a few moments a completely different person stood up. My father simply lifted all my burdens and I went to sleep in complete peace. He is incredible!
Who knows how many times he carried me on his shoulders, not only since the summer of 1991, when I gave him my life, but also earlier, before I even knew him!? Probably, that night almost 60 years ago, it was him carrying me and my father together. He carries us today, he will carry us tomorrow. All of us. Whatever life throws at you this week, you’re not alone. He told us: “I will never leave you and I will never abandon you.” (Hebrews 13:5)
Father, thank You for Your nearness, Your love and Your care. Thank you that we can call you Daddy, because You adopted us and received us. Thank you that you are a good Father and that You are always with us, and You will never forsake us. We love you.