A HEARTFELT CHRISTIAN LOVE DEVOTION
An Affirmation Prayer Of Love
Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for how you have touched my heart from the 7 Day HEARTFELT CHRISTIAN LOVE DEVOTION. Oh, Glorious and Mighty God, I pray that I would “be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of Your might.” I pray that I would be aware of Your full armor which You have already given me so that I may be able to stand firm against the schemes of the Devil, the world and the flesh (Eph. 6:10,11). Help to distinguish the difference between my earthly father and my Heavenly Father. Thank You, Father God, in Jesus’ precious and gracious name. Amen.
AGAPE IS THE HEART OF THE FATHER’S LOVE – but!!!
Pain From Our Earthly Fathers
I (Janean) had difficulty understanding the language of love from a father figure, especially since I never experienced it from my biological father. My father left when I was eighteen months old and didn’t pursue a relationship with me. I never knew his protection, provision or love for me.
As a young girl, I would see my girlfriends relating to their fathers and felt a deep sense of sadness and loss within me that I never had fatherly affection or words of blessing from a masculine soul. Not having a father who cared about me had profound implications for my physical needs as well.
We lived in poverty and my mother, sister and I were exposed to the ravages of perpetrators who knew they could prey on young girls with no father or husband to protect them. This left a vacuum in my soul that yearned for male affirmation and love in unhealthy ways.
God Love Is Not Like Our Eathly Father
When I became a Christian at eighteen-years-old I had difficulty with the masculine image of the Father of the Bible. One part of me wanted His love so desperately and the other part struggled with believing that He wanted to provide for me or protect me, let alone love me.
I felt abandoned and rejected by Him when I faced hardships, and I really didn’t believe he existed, cared, or even listened to me. I often wondered, “Where was He when life wasn’t working out right?” Now forty-four-years later into my Christian life, especially when I’m hurting, the Lord still has to remind me of my tendency to go to the dark place of fatherlessness and away from His loving, fatherly embrace of protection.
Fortunately, over the years I have personally experienced His love, faithfulness, provision, protection, and care for me. I still struggle when life doesn’t work out the way I want and worry that He has abandoned me. But, He continually comforts me with an individualized interpretation of Psalm 27:10,
Even though your father has forsaken you, I will lift you up!”
Try Journaling the Following Questions
- Heavenly Father, I have just read about Janean’s view of her earthly father affecting her concept of You.
- Lord, show me how my earthly father has affected my beliefs about who You are?
- Father God, show me why You love me?
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