亞爸

wednesday / wk 4 / lent / mar 21
have the itimacy and
loving trust of a child

Jesus said, "The Father loves
the Son." John 5:19-20

Biblical scholar Dorothy Dawes
was watching Israeli children
splashing about in the Sea of
Galilee. Suddenly, one child
called out to his daddy, "Abba!
Abba!"

This word caught her by surprise
and moved her. It was the word
that Jesus used in addressing
his Father--and taught us, also,
to use in addresssing the Father.
Literally, it means "Daddy"

In other words, Jesus taught us
to address God the same way
he himself did: with the intimacy
and loving trust of a small child
calling out to a loving parent.
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What is one thing that keeps me
from addressing God with the
loving trust of a small child?

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God in heaven,
when the idea of you awakes
in my heart, let it awaken
not like a frightened bird
that thrashes about in panic,

but like a little child waking
from a nap--its face aglow
with trusting smile.
Soren Kierkegaard (free translation)

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老豆！感謝祢一直以來的疼惜；一直以來的教導。我會學習在祢的愛裏成長。求祢指導。
以上所求是靠主耶穌基督，我們大佬，之名！亞孟！
主祐，JC上