Icing on the Cake.

I've been reminded lately just how much our Heavenly Father loves us as His children. He calls us His own. He not only provides for us while on earth but has made for us a place in Heaven. He will never leave us or forsake us.

We can't say that about our earthly fathers.

Even if you have the perfect example of a father, at some point he will let you down and at some point you will have to say goodbye. What do our fathers give to us that stays? Our genetic make-up; a legacy of love and honor; an inheritance? If you're lucky you will get all or some or even one of those things. Some do not fare so well in the daddy department.

Whether you had the perfect model of unconditional love in your earthly father or a poor excuse for one, you will ALWAYS have the ultimate daddy. He is our Abba Father, Creator, Provider and Legacy for all have been or are to come! We are HIS! No need for an inheritance because He is NEVER going to leave us! He loves us no matter what we've done or are doing or will do in the future. He loves us when we are behaving but all the more when we are not! He understands our sin and is willing and ready to help us correct it. He hurts when we hurt. He smiles when we are happy. We can come to him with ANYTHING - absolutely ANTHING and He will extend His grace in any circumstance and as many times as we need it.

Think of the best earthly father you know. He may be your own, He may be your best friend's, He may be the dad down the street or He may even be Ward Cleaver.... None of them hold a candle to Our Father in Heaven.

Remember Him first today. All the others are just icing on the cake.

Father! - to God himself we cannot give a holier name. ~William Wordsworth